Engines of Our Ingenuity
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2535: Times Tables
Episode: 2535 The base of a number system: times tables and memorization. Today, go forth and multiply.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3341: The McCulloch-Pitts Model
Episode: 3341 How Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts laid the foundation for current AI research. Today, the origin of artificial neural networks.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3340: Scissors
Episode: 3340 We look at the curious mechanics behind scissors. Today, let’s look at scissors.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1473: Titanic and Great Eastern
Episode: 1473 Two unsinkable ships: the Titanic and the Great Eastern. Today, a story of two ships. One sank. One didn't.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1472: Big Numbers
Episode: 1472 New uses for huge numbers. Today, big numbers find new meaning.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1471: Jamestown and Suicide
Episode: 1471 Some thoughts about immigrants, depression, suicide & Jamestown. Today, a story about Jamestown and self-destruction.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1470: Occam’s Razor
Episode: 1470 Occam's razor and engineering design. Today, we cut with Occam's razor.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2533: The Power of Three
Episode: 2533 On Table Legs and Flat Surfaces. Today, the power of three.
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 3339: The Eames Lounge Chair and Leg Splint
Episode: 3339 Cradling the Body: The Eames Lounge Chair, Leg Splint, and Good Design. The Eames Lounge Chair and Leg Splint
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3338: Predicting Warcraft
Episode: 3338 An old Century Magazine tries to predict future warfare. Today, we predict warcraft.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1469: The Hourglass
Episode: 1469 The hourglass: the poor man's clock, the poor man's metaphor. Today, let's look at the hourglass.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1468: The Bicycle
Episode: 1468 The evolution of the bicycle. Today, let's talk about bicycles and freedom.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2529: Comparing Fingerprints
Episode: 2529 Comparing Fingerprints: What's Involved and What can go Wrong. Today, who dunnit?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3337: Claude Bernard
Episode: 3337 Claude Bernard’s important medical science, horrifically achieved. Today, let’s meet a problematic scientist.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2018: The Chamberlen Family Secret
Episode: 2018 The Chamberlen family secret: the invention of forceps. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson reveals family secrets.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3007: Elastic Chair
Episode: 3007 Samuel Gragg's Unusual Chair. Today we look at an elastic Chair.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3336: Nickel
Episode: 3336 The evolution and potential demise of the lowly Nickel. Today, let us spend the lowly nickel.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1466: Vegetable Physiology
Episode: 1466 An old botany book for young girls changes scientific thinking. Today, a young student forms a scientific theory.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3335: Transcontinental
Episode #3335 Learning to fly non-stop from coast to coast in America. Today, we fly across America.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2527: Alphonse Bertillon
Episode: 2527 Alphonse Bertillon: Measuring the Man. Today, the measure of a man.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3244: Bias in Face Recognition Software
Episode: 3244 Bias and Diversity in Photography and Face Recognition Software. Today, bodies, in beautiful black and white.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2909: Renewable Energy
Episode: 2909 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Providing Renewable Energy, A Comparison of Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Lithium Ion Battery. Today, a neat way to get ene...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1465: The Cancer Cluster Problem
Episode: 1465 In which random statistical clusters look significant. Today, we flip six heads in a row.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1464: Learning Curve
Episode: 1464 Trying to teach technologies that were novel for us, but not our students. Today, a thought about technological change and learning.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1463: New Hampshire Iron
Episode: 1463 An old pig iron smelter in the New Hampshire underbrush. Today, an old iron works hidden in the tall grass.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1462: Jedidiah Morse
Episode: 1462 Jedidiah Morse, geographer and Samuel F. B. Morse's father. Today, Jedidiah Morse's geography.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2523: Georges-Eugene Haussmann
Episode: 2523 Georges-Eugene Haussmann Reshapes Paris. Today, a city redone.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3334: In Praise of Humble Lint
Episode: 3334 In Praise of Humble Lint. Today highlighting a former fabric byproduct.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2818: The Pompeian Paradox
Episode: 2818 The Pompeian Paradox and Fiorelli's Body Casts. Today, the Pompeian paradox.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2905: The Gift of Imagination
Episode: 2905 Imagination's Contributions to Science and Technology, Developmental Psychology and Imagination. Today, the gift of imagination.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3245: Memes
Episode: 3245 Memes, Internet Challenges, and the Selfish Gene. Today, memes.