Engines of Our Ingenuity

By Houston Public Media

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.

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November 27, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2538: Cheese
Episode: 2538 Engineering Cheese Through the Millenia. Today, say "cheese."
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November 25, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3343: Frank Rosenblatt’s Perceptron
Episode: 3343 Frank Rosenblatt's perceptron and the quest to design machines that can learn. Today, the origin of learning in artificial neural networks.
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November 25, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3344: Rachel Ruysch
Episode: 3344 That Rare Find, Rachel Ruysch. Today, we talk diversity in art and nature.
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November 24, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1477: A Car for Anne Boleyn
Episode: 1477 A horseless carriage offered to Anne Boleyn. Today, we offer Anne Boleyn an automobile.
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November 23, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1476: Inventing the Dishwasher
Episode: 1476 In which Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher. Today, the birth of the dishwasher.
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November 22, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1475: Evariste Galois
Episode: 1475 The tragic tale of Evariste Galois. Today, let's tell the remarkable tale of Evariste Galois.
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November 21, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1474: Beach’s Secret Subway
Episode: 1474 Alfred Ely Beach builds a secret subway in New York City. Today, a secret subway.
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November 20, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2535: Times Tables
Episode: 2535 The base of a number system: times tables and memorization. Today, go forth and multiply.
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November 19, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3341: The McCulloch-Pitts Model
Episode: 3341 How Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts laid the foundation for current AI research. Today, the origin of artificial neural networks.
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November 18, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3340: Scissors
Episode: 3340 We look at the curious mechanics behind scissors. Today, let’s look at scissors.
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The podcast currently has 1,918 episodes available.