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Engines of Our Ingenuity
The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories. This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.
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Episodes
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1600: Adams’s Education 11.07.2026 3:38
Episode: 1600 Henry Adams ponders the Virgin and the Dynamo. science, medieval architecture, Langley, 1900 Paris exhibition, Chartres cathedral.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1599: Urban Archaeology 10.07.2026 3:39
Episode: 1599 Urban archaeology: a privy provides a window to the past. Today, history in a trash bin.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2614: Pixels 09.07.2026 3:50
Episode: 2614 Engineering Pictures Made of Pixels. Today, painting with pixels.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity #3387: Burington’s Handbook 07.07.2026 3:51
Episode: 3387 In which an old handbook keeps teaching me for almost eight decades years. Today, an old book keeps informing me.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3386: Fourth Dimension 06.07.2026 3:47
Episode: 3386 In which the search for visualizing four dimensions leads, ultimately, to mathematics. Today, the missing dimensions.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1598: Surface Tension 05.07.2026 3:42
Episode: 1598 Surface Tension: a tiny force, but omnipresent. Today, we look at the edge of a water droplet.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1597: Ottoman Telegraph 04.07.2026 3:43
Episode: 1597 The Ottoman Empire telegraph, linking Europe and Asia. Today, the telegraph connects Europe and Asia.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1596: The First Automobile? 03.07.2026 3:41
Episode: 1596 Looking for the "first" automobile. Today, let's try to find the first automobile.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2611: Kepler’s Somnium 02.07.2026 3:50
Episode: 2611 Early science fiction: Kepler's Somnium. Today, a dream.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3264: Hockney’s iPad Impressionism 01.07.2026 3:50
Episode: 3264 David Hockney, Digital Painting, and Art's Technophobia. Today, painting with pixels, in the hands of a master.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3385: Blohm & Voss BV141 30.06.2026 3:48
Episode: 3385 The weird Blohm & Voss BV141 airplane, and reflections on asymmetry. Today, a weird aeroplane.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3384: Alien Life Forms 29.06.2026 3:52
Episode: 3384 Further thoughts about the search for extra-terrestrial life. Today, Alien life forms.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1595: Alfred Stieglitz 28.06.2026 3:41
Episode: 1595 In which Alfred Stieglitz and 291 anticipate Modern. Today, Stieglitz and photography, art and reality.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1594: The Mad Scientist 27.06.2026 3:42
Episode: 1594 The Mad Scientist -- he keeps coming back. Today, the mad scientist.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1593: LST-325 26.06.2026 3:43
Episode: 1593 The LST-325 : Thirty old men and an old ship become young again. Today, the LST-325 .
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2608: Maria Telkes 25.06.2026 3:52
Episode: 2608 Maria Telkes: Solar Energy Pioneer. Today, here comes the sun.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3383: Mr. Herschel’s Millstone 24.06.2026 3:43
Episode: 3383 Mr. Herschel’s Milky Way “millstone”. Today, an early Milky Way model.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3382: Disorder 23.06.2026 3:51
Episode: 3382 Thoughts about coping with the disorder in our lives and the disorder in our world. Today, disorder.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3381: Shuttle-Carrier N905NA 22.06.2026 3:51
Episode: 3381 The last ride of NASA’s Shuttle carrier, N905NA. Today, the last Shuttle-carrier.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1592: Specialized Language 21.06.2026 3:42
Episode: 1592 In which we use fancy words instead of simple ones. Today, the quotidian denominator.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1591: Completed Technologies 20.06.2026 3:42
Episode: 1591 Baroque violins and the notion of a completed technology. Today, let's talk about complete technologies.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1590: The Great Wall of China 19.06.2026 3:39
Episode: 1590 The Great Wall of China -- a long and checquered history. Today, a 2300-year-old wall.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2606 More Beautiful Books 18.06.2026 3:50
Episode: 2606 More Beautiful Books: revisiting books by the foot. Today, the measure of a book.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2901: Cybernetics 17.06.2026 3:50
Episode: 2901 Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics. Today, let's talk about Norbert Wiener and cybernetics.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2888: Strength Through Joy Car 16.06.2026 3:50
Episode: 2888 The Strength Through Joy Car: Hitler's Volkswagen and American Consumer Culture. Today, the "strength through joy" car.
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