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A roller coaster relies on very clever engineering in order to terrify its riders safely.
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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.
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Men and women are built differently and thus their bicycles should reflect these differences.
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A former thief invented the surveillance tags used in most stores.
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As terrorist uses more sophisticated technology we face a Faustian bargain in using technology to track them.
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The message of Fahrenheit 451 in the age of DVD and electronic books: We run the risk that the literary and intellectual canon of the coming centur...
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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...
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Robert Harris's novel Pompeii does an incredible job of teaching about Roman Civil engineering and waterworks, although make no mistake, this alway...
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A history of the "black boxes" used in airplanes. They were inspired by Swing music.
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Most technological "breakthroughs" aren't breakthroughs at all, instead they are the result of simple, steady engineering.
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The media often reports the quanity of "proven oil reserves", but don't often nuance what is meant by this.
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Engineering is part of our western heritage. We often hear of the western Canon in Literature, but our technology also has ancient roots.
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The inventor of the Nautilus has been described as "among the darkest and crankiest people you're every likely to met."
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Satellite communications came from science fiction. Its inventor wrote science fiction as well as doing electrical engineering.
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Does the wood and methods used to make a violin make a difference in its sound?
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On June 21st, 2004 the first private space flight took off, even through it hearalded a new age, it harked back to the showmen of the 19th century.
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American Idol shows the future of text messaging
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The story of engineer Saul Griffith and his machine that instantly makes lenses for developing countries.
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What risks do we run from living in a high tech society. They likely different that you'd expect.
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Tunneling through the ground has a long and important history in human affairs.
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The lessons from the August 14, 2003 blackout of the United States and Canada.
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The escapment - the essential part of a mechanical clock that makes to go tick, tock - changed the world by allowing humans to move away from the c...
Bought by Radio Catskill
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It seems like we live in a time where things become obsolete quickly, but for every eight-track tape that has gone by the way side, there are age-o...
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The cleverness and ingenuity of engineering in designing objects for mass production.
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The story of the invention of the phillips screw.
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