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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1511: Lotus and High-Tech
Episode: 1511 In which the lotus blossom gives a lesson in engineering design. Today, lotus petals and high-tech.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1508: Alchemy
Episode: 1508 The alchemists and chemistry before the middle 19th century. Today, we remember alchemy.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3244: Bias in Face Recognition Software
Episode: 3244 Bias and Diversity in Photography and Face Recognition Software. Today, bodies, in beautiful black and white.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1856: Form and Feeling
Episode: 1856 Form and feeling, a necessary partnership. Today, our guest. Seattle actor Megan Cole, considers a necessary partnership.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1507: Lighter Than Air
Episode: 1507 Rediscovering lighter-than-air flight. Today, do you suppose you'll ever get to ride in a dirigible?
The Engnines of Our Ingenuity 1506: The First Mechanical Clocks
Episode: 1506 The invisible invention of the clock. Today, we look for the first mechanical clock.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2566: Champagne
Episode: 2566 Taking Champagne to the Masses. Today, we pop the cork.
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.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1501: Horizontal Diffusion
Episode: 1501 The orientation of continents determines their development. Today, the advantage of being horizontal.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1500: A Landmark: 1500/2000
Episode: 1500 1500th episode and 2000 AD: A poor time to summarize. Today, we reach a landmark.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1499: Domesticating Animals
Episode: 1499 Domestic animals: A tricky marriage between human and beast. Today, we try to domesticate a wild animal.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1563: Toys
Episode: 1563 Looking back at the impact of toys. Sorting through a box the other day, I found old toys -- a lead soldier, a stuffed dog, a set of bl...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1760: The Christmas Lectures
Episode: 1760 The Christmas Lectures: Michael Faraday's Gift to children. Today, the Christmas Lectures.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3348: Christmas
Episode: 3348 The unspoken binding tissue of Christmas – and of Hanukkah. Today, a Merry Christmas to all.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3037: Carol of the Bells
Episode: 3037 Carol of the Bells. Today, a Christmas carol.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3347: Circus
Episode: 3347 My metaphor for the academic life: The Circus. Today, we welcome new faculty.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1498: Thoughts on Jumping
Episode: 1498 How the In which we try to jump as high as a flea. Today, can you jump as high as a flea?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1495: The Chauffer Problem
Episode: 1495 The new technological elite: chauffeurs then, computer experts today. Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own compu...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2547: Charging Interest
Episode: 2547 Changing views on charging interest throughout history. Today, interest.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2831: Reading Cosmo
Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Today, a great American magazine.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1490: Germs
Episode: 1490 Germs, John Snow, and the Broad Street Well. Today, we talk about germs.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1489 Helicopter
Episode: 1489 Inventing the helicopter: harder than it looked. Today, we invent the helicopter.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1488: The Roeblings
Episode: 1488 John, Washington, & Emily Roebling, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Today, a family gives us the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1487: Telephone Use
Episode: 1487 Teaching the American public to use the telephone. Today, would you buy the first telephone?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2545: Milton Bradley
Episode: 2545 Game Maker Milton Bradley. Today, a game maker.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2617: Facebooking
Episode: 2617 Facebook, social networking website, or new medium? Today, Facebooking.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2829: Cesare Lombroso
Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum. Today, a head in a jar.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1485: Ship of Gold
Episode: 1485 Ship of gold in the Deep Blue Sea: an impossible treasure recovery. Today, we hunt treasure.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1484: Georg Cantor
Episode: 1484 Georg Cantor, the man who counted beyond infinity. Today, we wonder about counting to infinity.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1483: Gibbs and Visualization
Episode: 1483 In which J. Willard Gibbs pictures gear teeth. Today, a glimpse into the mind of J. Willard Gibbs.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1481: Photography: The Salad Days
Episode: 1481 A revealing view of photography's early days. Today, where was photography headed in 1854?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2542: Hippodamus of Miletus
Episode: 2542 Hippodamus of Miletus and Urban Design. Today, a grid for the ages.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3346: Mary Proctor
Episode: 3346 In which Mary Proctor uses myth to help children understand reality. Today, astronomy for children.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3342: Bernardo Zamagna
Episode: 3342 Bernardo Zamagna designs a lighter-than-air ship that physics could not quite support. Today, let us fly with Bernardo Zamagna.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1480: Streamline
Episode: 1480 Streamlining and the American public. Today, we talk about streamlining.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1479: Great-Grandchildren
Episode: 1479 The riddle of more grandparents than people. Today, you and I are kin.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3343: Frank Rosenblatt’s Perceptron
Episode: 3343 Frank Rosenblatt's perceptron and the quest to design machines that can learn. Today, the origin of learning in artificial neural netw...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3344: Rachel Ruysch
Episode: 3344 That Rare Find, Rachel Ruysch. Today, we talk diversity in art and nature.