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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Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

January 22, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2553: Complexity and Emergence
Episode: 2553 Emergence and complexity in virtual and living systems. Today, let's talks about emergence.
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January 21, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2411: Hudson’s Bay Company
Episode: 2411 Hudson's Bay Company. Today, fur traders and far-off borders.
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January 20, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1317: Iron in America
Episode: 1317 The first iron-smelting in Colonial America: Hammersmith on the Saugus. Today, we smelt the first American iron.
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January 19, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1316: Parachutes
Episode: 1316 Parachutes: for fun or for survival? Today, let's fall safely out of the sky.
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January 18, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1315: Algae Burgers
Episode: 1315 Chlorella: the day we decided not to eat algae burgers. Today, we try to create a new food.
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January 17, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1314: Cinqué
Episode: 1314 Amistad, art and revolution: artists join the fight for freedom. Today, art and slavery.
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January 16, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2412: The Past and the Future
Episode: 2412 Disney's Spaceship Earth: Past and Future Communication. Today, the future — one step at a time.
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January 15, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2770: Building the Mustang
Episode: 2770 Developing the P-51 Mustang fighter. Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker, remembers the P-51 Mustang.
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January 14, 2025 The Engines of our Ingenuity 2544: Face Recognition
Episode: 2544 How humans and computers recognize faces. Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić recognizes your face.
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January 13, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1313: Rotation
Episode: 1313 Rotation: of coins, racquetballs, ballet dancers, and more. Today, let's think about rotation.
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The podcast currently has 1,708 episodes available.