All Pieces for William S. Hammack
Determining the dates of Easter and Passover led directly to our modern calendar.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KZYX, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 10
Men and women are built differently and thus their bicycles should reflect these differences.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:30
Every time I ride in a jet, I look out the window and watch the wing. When I see it's still there, I say a silence thanks to Constance Tipper
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:33
The story of Philo Farnsworth, a farm boy who invented television
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:38
Thomas Stockham, an electrical engineer, pioneered digital recording.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
A former thief invented the surveillance tags used in most stores.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:29
How the technology of accurate throwing separates humankind from the rest of the animal kingdom.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:36
Is sliced bread really one of the "best things?" Yes!
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:49
Why does everything come to a standstill in a blackout and what still works? The answers: 100 year old technology.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:31
The Maclaren Stroller: Build like aircraft landing gear.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:26
The story of the Theremin: The first electronic instrument
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:04
The story of George Eastman and how he revolutionized photography
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:46
- Purchases: 1
This piece describes how a flu vaccine is prepared; it uses a short history of the deadly 1918 flu to motivate the imporance of yearly vaccine.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:40
Engineering is part of our western heritage. We often hear of the western Canon in Literature, but our technology also has ancient roots.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:27
The inventor of the Nautilus has been described as "among the darkest and crankiest people you're every likely to met."
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:26
Boeing's 7E7 jet - now the 787 - uses high tech to use less fuel
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
Tivo changes the financial model for televsion
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:44
As terrorist uses more sophisticated technology we face a Faustian bargain in using technology to track them.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:45
The story of velcro: Invited by a Swiss engineer who came up with the idea while walking with his dog in the woods. de Mestral observed that his wo...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:29
Robert Harris's novel Pompeii does an incredible job of teaching about Roman Civil engineering and waterworks, although make no mistake, this alway...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:44
