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:

December 07, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3048: Juba II
Episode: 3048 Juba II. Today, a scholar king of Africa.
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December 06, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2154: Wieliczka Sol
Episode: 2154 Wieliczka Sol, Poland's "Great Salt Treasure." Today, we take more than salt from a mine.
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4min
December 05, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2153: Cliques and Ties
Episode: 2153 Of cliques and connections: graph theory, society and surveillance. Today, social cohesion, graph theory, and surveillance.
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December 03, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2151: Earth Abides
Episode: 2151 Earth Abides: Thinking about Apocalypses and lesser ills. Today, Earth Abides.
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4min
December 02, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2733: In the Palm of Your Hand
Episode: 2733 American culture and the inscriptions on U.S. Coins. Today, money.
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4min
December 01, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2714: Hub Motors
Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing...wheels.
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November 29, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2148: American Phrenology
Episode: 2148 The selling of phrenology -- and other would-be sciences. Today, an old book offers a parable of our times.
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4min
November 28, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2149: Electric Words
Episode: 2149 Electrical words and a vision of the future. Today, a new language for a new technology.
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4min
November 26, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2147: What Lasts
Episode: 2147 Technological survival in metaphors of the human body. Today, we wonder which technologies last.
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November 25, 2021 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2731: Louis Braille
Episode: 2731 Invention from Injury: The Story of Louis Braille. Today, injury sparks creativity.
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FAQs about Engines of Our Ingenuity:

How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,785 episodes available.