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November 2nd, 2009
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
How the Volkswagen Beetle started ... and ended.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:54
Memory metal, which can remember its shape has many uses - from braces to shirts.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
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
The story of the inventor of Neon lighting: from his signs to nazi collaboration to his hair-brained schemes to create energy.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
The electric chair rose in the 19th century from an odd mixture of technology-worship and industrial sabotage.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:59
Atomic clocks affects everything from landing aircraft to telephone calls.
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- Length: 02:36
The story of James Dyson and his revolutionary vacuum cleaner
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:28
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 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.
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- Length: 02:55
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 importance of cryptography for the web
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:48
Story of the inventor of the wind up radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:30
A former thief invented the surveillance tags used in most stores.
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- Length: 02:29
Men and women are built differently and thus their bicycles should reflect these differences.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:30
We think of strobe photograph as a way to capture a drop of milk or a bullet in flight ... and indeed it did change how we see the world.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:36
A roller coaster relies on very clever engineering in order to terrify its riders safely.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:32
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 Maclaren Stroller: Build like aircraft landing gear.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:26
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
