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Engines of Our Ingenuity 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. This content is in service of Houston Public Media's education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity

Engines of Our Ingenuity

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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. This content is in service of Houston Public Media's education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1344: The Monitor's Flush Toilet

Episode: 1344 The Monitor's flush toilet: lessons from emerging technologies. Today, lessons from emerging technologies, under the worst conditions.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1343: Forgotten Lore

Episode: 1343 Forgotten lore: How much should we trouble to remember. Today, the past fades away.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1041: Chinese Pharmacy

Episode: 1041 A Chinese pharmacopoeia — 2000 years ago. Today, we ask how the Chinese managed to hide their candle under a bushel.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2441: Temple Geometry

Episode: 2441 Temple Geometry: Sacred Mathematics in Japan's Edo Period. Today, temple geometry.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2408: Roman Political Invective

Episode: 2408 Roman Political Invective. Today, a look at Roman mudslinging.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2249: Mrs. Coade's Stone

Episode: 2249 Mrs. Coade's remarkable stones. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells about a woman who made artificial stone.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1040: Humanism and Feminism

Episode: 1040 Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe: virtues and vices. Today, an old Greek mummy tells us about the Renaissance.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1342: Wright and Langley

Episode: 1342 The Wright Brothers' fight for priority over Langley. Today, an attempt to rewrite history.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1341: Physiology in 1872

Episode: 1341 A view of physiology in 1872 — not that long ago. Today, let's look at medicine when my grandfather was young.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1340: Animals and Emotion

Episode: 1340 Animals and emotion: figuring out what is obvious. Today, let's talk to animals.

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