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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: 1490 Germs, John Snow, and the Broad Street Well. Today, we talk about germs.
Episode: 1489 Inventing the helicopter: harder than it looked. Today, we invent the helicopter.
Episode: 1488 John, Washington, & Emily Roebling, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Today, a family gives us the Brooklyn Bridge.
Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
Episode: 1487 Teaching the American public to use the telephone. Today, would you buy the first telephone?
Episode: 2545 Game Maker Milton Bradley. Today, a game maker.
Episode: 2617 Facebook, social networking website, or new medium? Today, Facebooking.
Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum. Today, a head in a jar.
Episode: 1485 Ship of gold in the Deep Blue Sea: an impossible treasure recovery. Today, we hunt treasure.
Episode: 1484 Georg Cantor, the man who counted beyond infinity. Today, we wonder about counting to infinity.
Episode: 1483 In which J. Willard Gibbs pictures gear teeth. Today, a glimpse into the mind of J. Willard Gibbs.
Episode: 1481 A revealing view of photography's early days. Today, where was photography headed in 1854?
1Episode: 2542 Hippodamus of Miletus and Urban Design. Today, a grid for the ages.
Episode: 3346 In which Mary Proctor uses myth to help children understand reality. Today, astronomy for children.
Episode: 3345 In which I learn that an old book is not about tachometry but tacheometry instead. Today, a set of misunderstandings.
Episode: 3342 Bernardo Zamagna designs a lighter-than-air ship that physics could not quite support. Today, let us fly with Bernardo Zamagna.
Episode: 1480 Streamlining and the American public. Today, we talk about streamlining.
Episode: 1479 The riddle of more grandparents than people. Today, you and I are kin.
Episode: 1478 A sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty. Today, a sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty.
Episode: 2538 Engineering Cheese Through the Millenia. Today, say "cheese."
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traction motors on today's locomotives are essentially "hub motors" powered by 5000 hp diesel engines that generate the electricity needed to turn steel wheels.