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Tag: design

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1982: Dürer’s Roman Letters

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 15, 2021 · Episode: 1982 Albrecht Dürer and Times Roman Letters: Art that endured. Today, let us write in CAPITAL LETTERS.

Tags Albrecht Dürer artists books descriptive geometry design drafting engineering drawing engraving etching fonts geometry printing Times Roman letters typefaces

Houston Matters

COVID-19 Update, Hurricane Delta, And Roman Mars Of 99% Invisible (Oct. 7, 2020)

Brenda Valdivia

Posted on October 7, 2020 · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: An update on the COVID-19 situation in the region, the latest on Hurricane Delta, our weekly political roundup, and Roman Mars discusses his new book on how design affects our daily lives.

Tags 99% Invisible COVID design Harris County Public Health Political Roundup Roman Mars Umair Shah

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1871: PBY Catalina

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 3, 2020 · Episode: 1871 The PBY Catalina, a very special old airplane. Today, the last great seaplane.

Tags amphibian airplanes Consolidated Aircraft Corporation design fire fighting Lone star Flight Museum seaplanes u.s. navy WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1815: Super Guppy

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 7, 2020 · Episode: 1815 Super Guppy: A most implausible and useful airplane. Today, an implausible airplane.

Tags air transportation B-17 B-29 C-97 cargo carrying Concorde SST design flight flying function Mini Guppy nasa Pregnant Guppy space program Stratocruiser Stratofortress Supper Guppy transport aircraft Werner von Braun

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1755: A Consumer Report

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 30, 2019 · Episode: 1755 A consumer report: lowbrow means to a better life. Today, a consumer report.

Tags cheap housing consumer reports consumerism consumers design econonomics fast foods spending supermarkets

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1694: Technology and Communication

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 29, 2019 · Episode: 1694 In which we learn that technology is communication. Today, technology has something to tell us.

Tags africa design modern humans self-expresssion technology and communication

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1634: Daedalus

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 6, 2019 · Episode: 1634 Flying the Aegean Sea in Daedalus’ slipstream. Today, we mix a magic drink for Daedalus and Icarus.

Tags daedalus design exercise physiology flight greece human powered flight icarus mit physiology transportation

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1620: The Indian Canoe

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 4, 2019 · Episode: 1620 The Indian canoe — another perfected technology. Today, birch-bark canoes.

Tags BOAT design Hiawatha Longfellow Native American transportation

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1607: Fire Control

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 5, 2018 · Episode: 1607 Continuous-aim firing: a diagnosis of an ill-received idea. Today, we aim a gun from a rocking platform.

Tags design fire control guns innovation invention Navy Scott Sims war

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1570: A New Light Bulb

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 17, 2018 · Episode: 1570 GE, light bulbs, and the product-driven innovation cycle. Today, we talk about light bulbs and product innovation.

Tags argon cooling deposition design electric light bulb general electric heat transfer invention Langmuir manufacturing

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3185: Mechanical Hummingbirds

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on September 13, 2018 · Episode: 3185 Mechanical Hummingbirds. Today, improving upon nature.

Tags animals birds design drones helicopters hummingbirds natural nature

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1540: The Ironclad Turtle

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 16, 2018 · Episode: 1540 The Korean Turtle Boat – the first ironclad. Today, we meet a turtle with an iron shell.

Tags design japan Korea military naval warfare Navy Yi

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1525: Liberty Ships

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 15, 2018 · Episode: 1525 Liberty ships: an amateur takes over the trade. Today, an amateur builds ships.

Tags cargo vessels construction design Kaiser merchant marine shipbuilding transportation war WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1520: Automobile Drag Coefficients

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 4, 2018 · Episode: 1520 In which automobile makers gradually learn aerodynamics. Today, aerodynamics and automobiles.  

Tags cars chrysler design drag coefficient transportation Zeppelin

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1489: Helicopter

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 2, 2018 · Episode: 1489 Inventing the helicopter: harder than it looked. Today, we invent the helicopter.

Tags aircraft autogyro Cornu design flight Forlanini Leonardo da Vinci Penaud Sikorski transportation Wright Brothers

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