Engines of Our Ingenuity

Nov 20 2024 100 ep. 3 mins 12.5k
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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.

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2387: Plastics

Nov 20 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 2387 Recycling Plastics. Today, just one word.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1983: Inventing the Newspaper

Nov 19 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 1983 Inventing the newspaper in seventeenth-century England. Today, our guest, historian Cathy Patterson reports on the invention of the newspaper.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2502: Computer Proofs

Nov 18 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 2502 Computer assisted proofs: How machines extend our mind's reach. Today, let's ask how computers help us see mathematical truths.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1282: Window Glass

Nov 17 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 1282 The development of the seemingly uncomplicated window pane. Today, we learn to make window panes.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1281: A Window on the Huguenots

Nov 16 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 1281 An old religious tract provides a window upon the Huguenots. Today, an old book and a new look at creativity and dissent.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1280: Visual Display of Information

Nov 15 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 1280 On making data tell their story. Today, let's figure out how to plot a graph.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1279: Kater’s Applied Mechanics

Nov 14 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 1279 Two Newtons, an old mechanics text, and the fight against slavery. Today, a moving bit of marginalia.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2384: Sway

Nov 13 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 2384 Swaying wooden roller coasters. Today, we sway.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2487: Von Neuman, Computers, and Brains

Nov 12 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 2487 John von Neumann's ideas on the similarities and differences of computers and brains. Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić talks about brains, computers and John von Neumann.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2143: Emma Lazarus

Nov 11 2024 3 mins  
Episode: 2143 In which Emma Lazarus reinvents the Statue of Liberty. Today, UH scholar Dorothy Baker tells us about Emma Lazarus.