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 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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January 12, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1312: McDouall Stuart Expedition
Episode: 1312 Crossing Australia -- from nine months to six minutes. Today, we cross Australia.
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January 11, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1311: The Cistercians
Episode: 1311 The Cistercian order, power technology, and innovation. Today, let's talk about monks and waterwheels.
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January 10, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1310: Math and Abstraction
Episode: 1310 Redeeming math and abstraction in our schools. Today, we ask why American math and science scores are slipping.
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January 09, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2406: The Pigeonhole Principle
Episode: 2406 The Pigeonhole Principle. Today, pigeons and pigeonholes.
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January 08, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year in History
Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
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January 07, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2566: Champagne
Episode: 2566 Taking Champagne to the Masses. Today, we pop the cork.
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January 06, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2014: Bubbles in Soda
Episode: 2014 Boiling bubbles and fizzing bubbles: So alike, so different! Today, bubbles in soda and bubbles in teakettles.
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The podcast currently has 1,804 episodes available.