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The introducation of technology has not reduced the amount of time spent on housework.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:18
The iPod threatens the free flow of intellectual property
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:34
The microwave oven came directly from World War II technology: The Radar.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
Energy from the wind is renewable and pollutes very little, yet the wind supplies only a small percent of the United States electricity. Why?
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
The reason we stand in our basements and do laundry is a complex mix of scientific facts, technological innovation, and worry about class and statu...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:41
Duct tape is a pop icon of the technological world - but only in America. It's sold in other countries, but no where else does it have this reputat...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
Making ice cream is a tricky business - its a careful mixture of air bubbles, globes of oil and ice crystals suspended in water.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:28
Story of the inventor of the wind up radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:30
The importance of cryptography for the web
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:48
Bob Kearns invented the intermittent wiper blade - the blades that flash occasionally across a windshield. This simple invention caused him much gr...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 01:20
The story of the greatest engineer born on Valentine's Day: Ferris made his mark in 1893 at the World's Fair in Chicago. with his giant wheel.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:55
The Edge razor developed by Gillette about ten years ago is a technological marvel that cost three-quarters of a billion dollars to develop.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 01:56
The story of James Dyson and his revolutionary vacuum cleaner
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:28
Atomic clocks affects everything from landing aircraft to telephone calls.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:36
The telegraph functioned just like the internet does today: It decreased the importance of geographical distance, led to new types of fraud, and pr...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 1
Memory metal, which can remember its shape has many uses - from braces to shirts.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
The British tea supplied J. Lyons & Co invented a computer in the 1940s to keep track of the tea at their shops.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:46
- Purchases: 1
A fiber optic cable is truly an amazing and revolutionary thing: Its a piece of glass, essentially, that guides light like electricity through wires.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:37
Computers find it difficult to filter spam because it reflects the essense of what makes us human. This commentary describes how the insights of an...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:54
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
Thomas Stockham, an electrical engineer, pioneered digital recording.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
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
The story of Philo Farnsworth, a farm boy who invented television
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:38
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
