Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1422: Alexandria
Episode: 1422 Technology in Alexandria, ca. 200 BC. Today, a 2200-year-old age of invention.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3325: Machines That Forgot to Fail
Episode: 3325 Machines That Forgot How to Fail: An AI Guest’s Perspective on Reliability. Today, our guest, ChatGPT, talks about machines that forgot to fail.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2495: Creativity Within Limits
Episode: 2495 Creativity Within Limits: Rules as a Source of Creativity. Today, bounded creativity.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3236: The Humble Index Card
Episode: 3236 Analysis, Creativity, and the Humble Index Card. Today, the humble index card.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3324: Flying Blind
Episode: 3324 Jimmy Doolittle, Inventor of Instrument Flying. Today, flying blind.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3323: Biting Words
Episode: 3323 We learn a new way of speaking in the 1930s. Today, biting words.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1421: Rocket Boys
Episode: 1421 The Rocket Boys, a moving story of adolescence and engineering. Today, a book with a surprising subtext.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1420: The Erie Canal
Episode: 1420 The Erie Canal. Today, we ride 568 feet uphill in a barge.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1419: Another Look as the Plague
Episode: 1419 Another way of looking at the 14th century Plague. Today, population reduction by disaster.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3322: Very Fast Trains
Episode: 3322 Some Thoughts on the Future of High-Speed Rail. Today, very fast trains.