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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
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
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
Men and women are built differently and thus their bicycles should reflect these differences.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:30
A former thief invented the surveillance tags used in most stores.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:29
Boeing's 7E7 jet - now the 787 - uses high tech to use less fuel
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
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 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...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 03:34
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
The Lego toy company has hit hard times with the advent of electronic toys.
Bought by Kansas Public Radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 1
A history of the "black boxes" used in airplanes. They were inspired by Swing music.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:47
Most technological "breakthroughs" aren't breakthroughs at all, instead they are the result of simple, steady engineering.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:35
The media often reports the quanity of "proven oil reserves", but don't often nuance what is meant by this.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:44
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.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:35
American Idol shows the future of text messaging
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:40
The story of engineer Saul Griffith and his machine that instantly makes lenses for developing countries.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:29
What risks do we run from living in a high tech society. They likely different that you'd expect.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
Tunneling through the ground has a long and important history in human affairs.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:45
The lessons from the August 14, 2003 blackout of the United States and Canada.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 03:01
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
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
- Purchases: 1
