Engines of Our Ingenuity
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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.
Engines of Our Ingenuity
20h ago
Episode: 1167 Machiavelli's attempt to make objective science of statecraft. Today, thoughts about Machiavelli and immature science ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
2d ago
Episode: 1166 Searching for the historical Josquin Desprez. Today, academic detectives look for the real Josquin ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
3d ago
Episode: 1994 Encryption: abstraction in the world of practical business. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd sends secret messages ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
4d ago
Episode: 2897 A (Very) Short History of Privacy and Technology. Today, privacy and technology ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
5d ago
Episode: 2779 Smartphones/Wise Phones, our changing relationship with phones over the last century. Today, smartphones vs. wise phones ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
1w ago
Episode: 1163 To build a better mousetrap -- that people will use. Today, let's build a better mousetrap ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
1w ago
Episode: 1162 Systems: Much more than the sum of their parts. Today, let's see how machines transcend themselves ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
1w ago
Episode: 1979 How to process five thousand airline reservation requests in one second. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd buys plane tickets ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
1w ago
Episode: 3001 Archimedes to the Rescue. Today, Archimedes to the rescue ..read more
Engines of Our Ingenuity
1w ago
Episode: 1161 An old Roman mill tells about the acceptance of technology. Today, we try to make sense of an old Roman power plant ..read more