Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2824: A Brass Catalogue
Episode: 2824 An 18th-century catalogue of brass objects, an early approach to marketing, and decorative drawer handles. Today, we look at a mysterious catalogue.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2628: The Edge of Space
Episode: 2628 When traveling into space, how do you know you're there? Today, astronaut Michael Barratt asks, where exactly is the border of space?
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1418: The Influence of War
Episode: 1418 Does war influence technological evolution? Some surprising facts. Today, we wonder how war influences technology.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1417: A Metaphor Collapses
Episode: 1417 In which the medieval clock metaphor finally collapses. Today, a metaphor dies.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1416: Technology on Hold
Episode: 1416 Technology on Hold: ideas that return after a long time. Today, technology on hold.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1415: Right Hand / Left Hand
Episode: 1415 Right and left handedness: some new ideas about origins. Today, why do you write with your right hand?
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 3243: The Water Illusion Machine
Episode: 3243 Hollywood's Heroic Water FX. Today, water effects.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2810: The Concrete Revolution
Episode: 2810 The Concrete Revolution in Ancient Rome. Today, some concrete achievements.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1414: Advertisements in 1869
Episode: 1414 Viewing America through advertisements in Appleton's magazine, 1869. Today, advertisements just after the Civil War.