Engines of Our Ingenuity

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1652: Justus von Liebig

Episode: 1652 Justus von Liebig and the first R&D laboratory.  Today, we create the first research laboratory.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2647: The Give and Take of Internet Shopping

Episode: 2647 The Give and Take of Internet Shopping.  Today, getting to know you.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3428: The End of the Password

Episode: 3428 The end of the password.  Today, a secret we may no longer need to remember.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2763: Steve Jobs, Simplifier

Episode: 2763 The legacy of Steve Jobs, who simplified computers and computing devices.  Today, the man who made it simple.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1651: Specificity and September 11th

Episode: 1651 Specificity and understanding: Coming to grips with September 11th.  Today, six weeks later, we think about specificity.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1650: Inherent Stability in 1916

Episode: 1650 Learning about the stability of aeroplanes in 1916.  Today, we worry about airplane stability in 1916.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1649: Fessenden and Radio Sound

Episode: 1649 Reginald Fessenden endows radio with sound.  Today, we add sound to radio.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1648: An American Dirigible

Episode: 1648 Building a dirigible to get to the California gold rush.  Today, some thoughts on success, failure, and flying to California.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2646: On Being the Right Size

Episode: 2646 J. B. S. Haldane's "On Being the Right Size."  Today, on being the right size.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3427: The Battery That Rusts

Episode: 3427 Batteries which can use iron oxidation to store and discharge electricity.  Today, we examine how a process of nature can be harnessed to store energy in th

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3426: Roller Skates

Episode: 3426 Roller skates come of age.  Today, roller skates.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3425: Civilisation

Episode: 3425 The rather abrupt coming-of-age of history told on television.  Today, Civilisation.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1647: Houston Traffic, 1924

Episode: 1647 In which we study traffic problems in Houston, TX, in 1924.  Today, Houston's traffic in 1924.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1646: Who Did What By When?

Episode: 1646 Thinking about who had done what by what age.  Today, who did what by when?

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1645: Pi

Episode: 1645 Figuring out the value of Pi.  Today, let's talk about  π -- and not the kind you eat.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3424: Anne Nott Brigman

Episode: 3424 Anne Brigman brings a wild new dimension to the early years of photography.  Today, Anne Brigman’s photographs.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3423: Protocols Throughout History

Episode: 3423 Protocols: From diplomatic procedures to computer communications standards.  Today, we examine how protocols have shaped communication throughout the evolut

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3422: Women Soldiers

Episode: 3422 Women soldiers in the Civil War.  How did that work?  Today, woman soldiers in the Civil War.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3421: Wigwam Burners

Episode: 3421 Wigwam burners and the dying breath of the mighty Douglas Fir tree.  Today, wigwam burners.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1644: Hufeland on Infants

Episode: 1644 An 18th-century doctor helps great-grandmother raise grandpa.  Today, we raise a nineteenth-century child.