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Two of the greatest environmental threats of the twentieth century - leaded gas and freon - were the work of a single man named Thomas Midgley. His...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:35
Tupperware began with Earl S. Tupper, once described as a "failed tree surgeon and archetypal reader of the Reader's Digest." Who, also "combined f...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
A bathtub may will be the greatest engineering achievement of American ingenuity.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:35
Although we live in a disposable society, there are a few things designed so well that they are never out of style. The premier example may well be...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:24
The iridium satellite phone system was designed so a mobile phone at any point on the Earth - the ocean, the desert, a rain forest, or Mount Everes...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:28
We can draw many lessons from the World Trade Center attack of September 11th, but one thing it clearly reveals is the fragility of the incredible,...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:11
We associate the saxophone with the mellowness of jazz, but it roots are very hotheaded. The saxophone evolved from a bass clarinet built by the Be...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 1
Nanotechnology offers great promise, but only if its creators shape with the public its potential problems.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
Plain Old Telephone Service
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
RFID: A technology that keeps track of the globe, but may threaten our freedom
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:38
The Waring Blender came from Fred Waring, leader of a 1930s Big Band.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:39
Jell-O, a stapled of our holiday tables was invented by on of the greatest American engineers of all time.
Bought by WMMT
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
- Purchases: 1
One of the most common questions I get is why did Betamax fail when it was so much better than its competitors. From an engineers viewpoint it was...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
Zildjian cymbals have a long history: Beginning in 1618 with the Mustafa the First, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:57
The story of Robert Adler's invention in 1956 of the TV remote.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:23
Why a shower curtains billows into the type ... as explaining by engineering fluid dynamics.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:36
Henry Dreyfuss, an industrial designer, create nearly anything use by humans, including great American icons like the Honeywell Thermostat and the ...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:24
Cryonics, the technology of post-mortem freezing, promises to offer a chance at second life, but the technical obstacles are immense.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:49
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 1
Hazel Bishop, a chemist, build a multi-million dollar cosmetics company based on smear-proof lipstick.
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:52
- Purchases: 1
Rail travel shows how technology shapes our culture, behavior, and perceptions: From time zones, to how we think about traveling, to newstands.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:31
To my engineer's eye, the SWATCH is an incredible watch, which may sound odd since the SWATCH is famous for being cheap, and mostly plastic.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:33
I don't much like to fly - and so have had to learn everything that happens when a plane takes off.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:30
A good package blends technical know-how and psychology. This commentary tells the story of the grand daddy of all packagers: Gale Borden.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:48
- Purchases: 1
The story of the wonder fiber nylon, which begins with my underwear.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:53
