Engines of Our Ingenuity
Houston PR
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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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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English
Episodes
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1366: Rain, Steam, and Speed
5/4/2025
Episode: 1366 Rain, Steam, and Speed: Turner's vision of modern times. Today, a painting tells the coming of rail.
Duration:00:03:47
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1364: Radar
5/3/2025
Episode: 1364 Our radar warning of the Pearl Harbor attack. Today, devastation follows when we don't trust a new technology.
Duration:00:03:37
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3312: Physics in 1861
5/2/2025
Episode: 3312 An 1861 Natural Philosophy test reveals far more than it meant to.Today, a look at physics before our Civil War.
Duration:00:03:44
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2454: Wrinkle Free Cotton
5/1/2025
Episode: 2454 Ruth Benerito and Wrinkle Free Cotton. Today, we wash and wear.
Duration:00:03:48
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3040: Leonardo and Borelli
4/30/2025
Episode: 3040 Leonardo and Borelli. Today, two hemispheres come together.
Duration:00:03:51
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2579: Music and Mathematics
4/29/2025
Episode: 2579 Music and Mathematics. Today, UH Math Professor Krešo Josić talks about music and mathematics.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1363: Man the Treasure
4/28/2025
Episode: 1363 Man the measure -- man the meter. Today, let's ask what meters measure.
Duration:00:03:38
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1362: Flying Across the Atlantic
4/27/2025
Episode: 1362 The first twenty years of transatlantic flights. Today, we fly the Atlantic.
Duration:00:03:43
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1360: Cleaning Ourselves
4/26/2025
Episode: 1360 A brief history of bathing ourselves. Today, let's bathe.
Duration:00:03:42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1359: Windmills
4/25/2025
Episode: 1359 The Windmill: A device that has come, gone, and which may come again. Today, let's tilt at windmills.
Duration:00:03:42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2452: Kitchen Gadgetry
4/24/2025
Episode: 2452 Gadgets in the American Kitchen. Today, gadgets galore.
Duration:00:03:49
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2268: The Lucifer Effect
4/23/2025
Episode: 2268 The Lucifer Effect: From Stanford University to Abu Ghraib. Today, our guest, UH journalist Michael Berryhill, looks at the Lucifer effect.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2557: The Google Ranking System
4/22/2025
Episode: 2557 Linear algebra, the mathematics behind Google's ranking algorithm. Today, let's talk about how Google ranks your search results.
Duration:00:03:49
The Engines of our Ingenuity 1358: William Minor and the OED
4/21/2025
Episode: 1358 William Minor helping us to understand language from an insane asylum. Today, a great dictionary and an asylum for the criminally insane.
Duration:00:03:43
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1357: Testing Airplane Propellers
4/20/2025
Episode: 1357 An airplane propeller test facility, twelve years before the Wright Brothers. Today, we test airplane propellers, 12 years before the Wright brothers flew.
Duration:00:03:41
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1356: Betting on Science
4/19/2025
Episode: 1356 Betting on science. It's been going on for a long time. Today, let's bet on science.
Duration:00:03:44
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1355: George Squire
4/18/2025
Episode: 1355 Major General George Squire, Muzak, and struggling to be generous. Today, a story about altruism and Muzak.
Duration:00:03:45
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2450: A Musical Tradition
4/17/2025
Episode: 2450 A Musical Transition: The Beatles 1965-1967. Today, a great music group changes.
Duration:00:03:52
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2419: Perfecting Coffee
4/16/2025
Episode: 2419 Peter Schlumbohm and the invention of modern coffee-making techniques. Today, a chemist and his coffee.
Duration:00:03:51
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3310: Romantic Nature
4/15/2025
Episode: 3310 Nature, Romanticism, and the Poetry of John Clare. Today, we look closely at Romantic nature.
Duration:00:03:50