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A pothole is a uniquely American phenomenon. Drive the highways of South Africa, Germany or France and you'll find few ruts and divots. Why pothole...
Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:47
- Purchases: 3
Adam Osborne marketed the first successful a compact computer: A 24-pound portable computer!
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
- Purchases: 1
Commentary that argues that to be environmentally friendly we want products designed so that the high value materials can be removed - reserving re...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:48
The story of Barbara McClintock's Nobel Prize winning work
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:24
The story of Willard Gibbs who revolutionized chemistry
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:49
The story of John von Neumann whose work laid the foundations for digital computing
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:53
The story of Richard Feynman who physics revealed a new world
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:56
Moore's Law postulates that computing power will double every 18 months, what if it fails?
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:25
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
