Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1960: Inventing Speed
Posted on · Episode: 1960 Speed: the grand nineteenth-century invention. Today, we invent speed.
Tag: automobiles
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1844: Horizontal Society
Posted on · Episode: 1844 The Horizontal Society — revealed in an acrostic. Today, the horizontal society.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1804: New York Harbor – 1852
Posted on · Episode: 1804 Timewarp in an 1852 painting of New York Harbor. Today, an artist catches history in flight.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1802: Freelan and Francis Stanley
Posted on · Episode: 1802 Freelan and Francis Stanley, and their steamer. Today, the Stanleys and their Steamer.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1713: Seldon’s Automobile
Posted on · Episode: 1713 George Seldon, Henry Ford, and Clyde Champion Barrow. Today, patents and public relations.
Mockingbird & Armadillo
WATCH: Art Car Kids | Mockingbird & Armadillo
Posted on · Get your hot glue guns fired up - It's Art Car time in Houston
Houston Matters
Making A Hobby Out Of Helping Stranded Motorists
Posted on · We meet Walt Brinker, a former Houstonian who has made a hobby out of helping motorists stranded along the roadside — so much so that he wrote a book about it.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity: 1480 Streamline
Posted on · Episode: 1480 Streamlining and the American public. Today, we talk about streamlining.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1468: The Bicycle
Posted on · Episode: 1468 The evolution of the bicycle. Today, let’s talk about bicycles and freedom.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1444: ThrustSSC: 763 MPH
Posted on · Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.
Houston Matters
Making A Hobby Out Of Helping Stranded Motorists
Posted on · We meet Walt Brinker, a former Houstonian who has made a hobby out of helping motorists stranded along the roadside -- so much so that he wrote a book about it.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1162: Systems
Posted on · Episode: 1162 Systems: Much more than the sum of their parts Today, let’s see how machines transcend themselves.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1156: The Machine as Mirror
Posted on · Episode: 1156 We mirror machine mirrors we mirror machine mirrors we … Today, an analogy game.
Houston Matters
Making a Hobby Out of Helping Stranded Motorists
Posted on · We learn about Walt Brinker, who’s made a hobby of stopping and helping other motorists with car problems. He’s written a book about everything he’s learned over the years. It’s called Roadside Survival: Low-Tech Solutions to Automobile Breakdowns. He says about 75 percent of the problems he’s encountered were tired-related issues.
Houston Matters
Making a Hobby Out of Helping Stranded Motorists
Posted on · We learn about Walt Brinker, who’s made a hobby of stopping and helping other motorists with car problems. He’s written a book about everything he’s learned over the years. It’s called Roadside Survival: Low-Tech Solutions to Automobile Breakdowns. He says about 75 percent of the problems he’s encountered were tired-related issues.