Houston Matters
Are Online Comment Sections A Bad Idea?
Posted on · We discuss how media organizations should handle online interactions with their audiences.
Tag: communications
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1597: Ottoman Telegraph
Posted on · Episode: 1597 The Ottoman Empire telegraph, linking Europe and Asia. Today, the telegraph connects Europe and Asia.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
Posted on · Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
News
Live High Definition Video From Mars? NASA Is Getting Ready
Posted on · NASA is building a new space-based laser communication that will allow live, high-definition video from Mars and beyond — something that's not possible with standard radio equipment
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1364: Radar
Posted on · Episode: 1364 Our radar warning of the Pearl Harbor attack. Today, devastation follows when we don’t trust a new technology.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1245: Sarah Bagley
Posted on · Episode: 1245 In which Sarah Bagely opens the field of telegraphy to women. Today, a woman claims a job market for other women.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1082: Cuneiform and Turines
Posted on · Episode: 1082 The last shall be first: steam turbines and cuneiform Today, we finally get back to where we started.
Houston Matters
What Should Cities Control and What Should the State?
Posted on · Here in Texas, weâre familiar with disputes between our state and the federal government over a variety of issues, from voting laws to environmental regulation to same sex marriage and beyond. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution makes it clear that federal law âshall be the supreme Law of the Land.â In other words, this […]
Full Show
Orion Launch Scrubbed, Plagiarism, and Repticon: Houston Matters for Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014
Posted on · Space City watched closely this morning as, following several delays due in part to high winds and a sticky rocket valve, NASA scrubbed today’s launch of the Orion capsule aboard an unmanned Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA hopes to launch Orion tomorrow. Once launched, Orion will orbit the Earth from a height of 3,600 miles, then drop back into the atmosphere […]