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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THOUGHTS and DREAMS from a DADPRENUER! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Ingenuity/support
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Creative. Motivated. Ingenious. There’s only one group of people who have ever figured out how to deliver as much energy as the world wants. This is the show about how they did it. And how they keep doing it.
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Podcast by Hoff & Dunn
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James Caan discusses his impressive career and offers his top tips on running a successful business. As one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, his name has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. James also discusses his latest entry into the digital realm with his new app, James Caan Business Secrets. Moderated by editor from The Sunday Times, Paul Croughton, at the Apple Store, Covent Garden, London.
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Episode: 3299 Vernor Vinge, Marvin Minsky and the future of technology. Today, Vernor Vinge, Marvin Minsky and the future of computation.Por Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Episode: 1208 The first transcontinental railroad -- and no golden spike! Today, we build the first transcontinental railroad.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1207 In which a balustrade shows us that laws were made to be broken. Today, we see how laws were made to be broken.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1206 Harriet Beecher Stowe: "No talent, only genius." Today, a woman turns slavery from theoretical wrong into personal evil.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1205 Henry Chapman Mercer: An aristocrat redirects anthropology. Today, a shy aristocrat redirects anthropology.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2234 Spherical horses and frictionless wheels -- When are we close enough to reality? Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd asks, "What makes a good Model?"Por Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 2858 Hearing Pictures: Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Today, hearing pictures.Por Roger Kaza
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Episode: 2722 Gathering of Materials and Methods to Craft Sailing and Space-faring Vessels. Today, voyaging at the edge of technology.Por Michael Barratt
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Episode: 1204 Baron von Humboldt's remarkable exploration of Meso-America. Today, a nearly forgotten hero.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1200 London's secret museums. Today, we visit London's secret museums.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1199 Gallup Poll: spawn of intellect with some saving imperfection. Today, we try to foretell how you plan to vote.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1198 In which Virgil visits a theme park and writes the Aeneid. Today, we pass through the Gates of Hell.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2150 Scotty on Starship Enterprise: an image of an engineer. Today, we beam up with guest scientist Andrew Boyd.Por Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 3054 Electioneering in Ancient Rome: the Commentariolum Petitionis Attributed to Cicero's Brother. Today, how to get elected in ancient Rome.Por Richard H. Armstrong
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Episode: 3162 A Jacket With Embedded Flexible Thin-Film Batteries That Can Charge a Device. Today, a wonderful technology.Por Haleh Ardebili
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Episode: 1196 Reflections on batting 400, evolution, economics, and diversity. Today, what do batting averages, evolution, and the economy have in common?Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1195 Dhuoda writes to her son in Ninth Century France. Today, a remarkable woman opens a window on another age.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1194 A scientifically illiterate people goes bankrupt on health care. Today, thoughts on medicine, self-deception, and scientific literacy.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1193 Beryl Markham flies out of Africa, and across the Atlantic. Today, a daring flight and an unlikely book.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2117 The Internet of Tubes: In which a gaffe evokes the history of communication. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd and the Internet of Tubes.Por Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 3018 Compressed Sensing. Today, let's talk about getting something from nothing.Por Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism. Today, monks and hermits.Por Roger Kaza
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Episode: 1192 In which a deluge transforms the Black Sea -- and farming. Today, let's ride the wake of an old old flood.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1190 The only mustard gas attack in WWII yields new medicine. Today, a story about cancer and a WW-II mustard gas attack.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1189 The other Pachelbel brings music to Colonial America. Today, the first "recorded" concert in America.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1188 William Billings, Colonial composer and American original. Today, we meet America's first significant composer.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2094 Thinking inside the box: the invention of containerization. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd discusses The Box.Por Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 2710 The First Fatality in Powered Flight Awakens the World to the Dangers of Aviation. Today, the first powered aviation fatality.Por Michael Barratt
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Episode: 3298 Gender, Color, and Dichotomy in Tennis. Today, we take sides in tennis.Por Karen Fang
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Episode: 1187 Good people make good machines: Bad people make bad machines. Today, we try to construct an aphorism.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1186 Bach, Handel, and their charlatan eye doctor. Today, an odd connection between Bach and Handel.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1185 Adam Smith: of economics and natural law. Today, a bright Scot looks to natural law for an economic model.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1184 The mirror: something that looks far more obvious than it is. Today, we look in the mirror and find something strange.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2062 How much may I justly charge for my widget? Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd asks "what's it worth?"Por Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 3095 Making a Revolution. Today, the Maker revolution.Por Fitz Walker
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Episode: 3297 Modeling the future of human civilization. Today, modeling the future of human civilization.Por Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Episode: 1183 Leda and swan Zeus: Leonardo contemplates life. Today, we watch as myth drives science.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1181 In which Edith Humphry doesn't quite receive the Nobel Prize. Today, a woman doesn't quite get the Nobel Prize.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1180 Dionysius Lardner looks at early steam power technology. Today, a contemporary look at power technology, 170 years ago.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1179 How does Aspirin find your headache? (More Feldman questions). Today, aspirin looks for your headache.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2053 A reflection on John Cage and his silences. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd goes silent.Por Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 2973 The Lady of Mysteries Agatha Christie; The Famous Detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Piorot. Today, the lady of mysteries.Por Haleh Ardebili
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Episode: 3092 Descriptions of Arts and Crafts. Today, saving arts and crafts.Por Margaret Culbertson
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Episode: 1178 The Encyclopaedia Britannica before/after the Wright Brothers. Today, we see what happens when an old goal is reached.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1177 Thomas Watson, the man on the other end of Bell's telephone. Today, we meet the man on the other end of Bell's new telephone.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1176 Ilizarov orthopedic surgery: growing new bones. Today, we straighten crooked bones.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1175 The collapse of the Elizabethan renaissance. Today, we visit a 400-year-old revolution.Por Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2040 The envelope game: a common-sense-defying selection problem. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd defies common sense.Por Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 1947 Physiological Synchronicity: mirroring emotions. Today, actor Megan Cole talks about faces and feelings.Por Megan Cole
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Episode: 3048 Juba II. Today, a scholar king of Africa.Por Richard H. Armstrong
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