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Episode 1599
Episode: 1599 Urban archaeology: a privy provides a window to the past. Today, history in a trash bin.
1 week, 3 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2614: Pixels
Episode 2614
Episode: 2614 Engineering Pictures Made of Pixels. Today, painting with pixels.
1 week, 4 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity #3387: Burington’s Handbook
Episode 3387
Episode: 3387 In which an old handbook keeps teaching me for almost eight decades years. Today, an old book keeps informing me.
1 week, 6 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3386: Fourth Dimension
Episode 3386
Episode: 3386 In which the search for visualizing four dimensions leads, ultimately, to mathematics. Today, the missing dimensions.
2 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1598: Surface Tension
Episode 1598
Episode: 1598 Surface Tension: a tiny force, but omnipresent.Today, we look at the edge of a water droplet.
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1597: Ottoman Telegraph
Episode 1597
Episode: 1597 The Ottoman Empire telegraph, linking Europe and Asia. Today, the telegraph connects Europe and Asia.
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1596: The First Automobile?
Episode 1596
Episode: 1596 Looking for the "first" automobile. Today, let's try to find the first automobile.
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2611: Kepler’s Somnium
Episode 2611
Episode: 2611 Early science fiction: Kepler's Somnium. Today, a dream.
2 weeks, 4 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3264: Hockney’s iPad Impressionism
Episode 3264
Episode: 3264 David Hockney, Digital Painting, and Art's Technophobia. Today, painting with pixels, in the hands of a master.
2 weeks, 5 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3385: Blohm & Voss BV141
Episode 3385
Episode: 3385 The weird Blohm & Voss BV141 airplane, and reflections on asymmetry. Today, a weird aeroplane.
2 weeks, 6 days ago