Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2641: Ghosts of Niagara
Posted on · Episode: 2641 Niagara Falls and the development of hydroelectric power. Today, ghosts of Niagara.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2007: Canonical Inventors
Posted on · Episode: 2007 The Canonical Inventor, stepping over the tipping point. Today, canonical inventors.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1984: You May Go Dancing
Posted on · Episode: 1984 Burt Rutan’s airplanes: You may go dancing, by I’ll play the tune. Today, you may go dancing, but I’ll play the tune.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1890: Riding the Wrong Horse
Posted on · Episode: 1890 The Picture Play, a new technology immediately displaced by the movies. Today, we ride the wrong horse.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1835: Revisiting Stirrups
Posted on · Episode: 1835 Lynn White, Thomas Kuhn, Charles Darwin: Beginnings of great ideas. Today, stirrups revisited.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2949: Microphone
Posted on · Episode: 2949 Who Invented the Microphone? Today, competing claims.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2943: Recording Without Electricity
Posted on · Episode: 2943 Recording Before Electricity. Today, a cornucopia of sound.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1656: Power in Colorado
Posted on · Episode: 1656 Electric power comes to Telluride, Colorado. Today, we install a dynamo on a mountaintop.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1652: Justus von Liebig
Posted on · Episode: 1652 Justus von Liebig and the first R&D laboratory. Today, we create the first research laboratory.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1649: Fessenden and Radio Sound
Posted on · Episode: 1649 Reginald Fessenden endows radio with sound. Today, we add sound to radio.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1640: Learning Electricity
Posted on · Episode: 1640 Learning electricity and learning about technological revolutions. Today, we become electrified.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3199: The Rise of DC
Posted on · Episode: 3199 Direct current makes its presence known. Today, getting from A to D.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2463 Serendipity
Posted on · Episode: 2463 Serendipity and the Inventive Mind Today, not-so-dumb luck.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3035: Light Emitting Diodes
Posted on · Episode: 3035 Light Emitting Diodes Today, we get the LED out.