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The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories.
This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.
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Episode: 1166 Searching for the historical Josquin Desprez. Today, academic detectives look for the real Josquin.
Episode: 1994 Encryption: abstraction in the world of practical business. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd sends secret messages.
Episode: 2897 A (Very) Short History of Privacy and Technology. Today, privacy and technology.
Episode: 2779 Smartphones/Wise Phones, our changing relationship with phones over the last century. Today, smartphones vs. wise phones.
Episode: 1165 Benjamin Thompson/Count Rumford and the conservation of energy. Today, we meet a Bavarian count who was born in colonial Massachusetts.
Episode: 1164 Why Things Bite Back: The Revenge Effect. Today, nature takes revenge.
Episode: 1163 To build a better mousetrap -- that people will use. Today, let's build a better mousetrap.
Episode: 1162 Systems: Much more than the sum of their parts. Today, let's see how machines transcend themselves.
Episode: 1979 How to process five thousand airline reservation requests in one second. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd buys plane tickets.
Episode: 3001 Archimedes to the Rescue. Today, Archimedes to the rescue.
Episode: 2739 Evolution of the Hall from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. Today, a room without a view.
Episode: 1161 An old Roman mill tells about the acceptance of technology. Today, we try to make sense of an old Roman power plant.
Episode: 1159 In which Nevil Shute looks at the ordeal of aerial bombing. Today, Nevil Shute predicts the chilling anonymity of war.
Episode: 1158 The Crystal Palace, the 1851 exhibition, and Victorian art. Today, we look for art to equal the building that holds it.
Episode: 1157 Merchandising Windows 95 and the Ford Model A. Today, we sell Model A's and Windows 95.
Episode: 1971 In which Lame, Cauchy, and Kummer race to prove Fermat's last theorem. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd relives a race.
Episode: 3029 Model Citizen. Today, lets talk about models.
Episode: 3241 Green with Immortality. Today, we go green with immortality.
Episode: 1156 We mirror machine mirrors we mirror machine mirrors we ... Today, an analogy game.
Episode: 1154 In which Adam's navel poses the question of pre-creation history. Today, a silly question about Adam's navel paves the way for evolution.
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