The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1634: Daedalus
Engines of Our Ingenuity

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1634: Daedalus

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 26, 20263 min

Episode: 1634 Flying the Aegean Sea in Daedalus' slipstream. Today, we mix a magic drink for Daedalus and Icarus.

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Today we mix a magic drink for Daedalus and Icarus, the University of Houston's College

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This programming is sponsored by Near Northwest Management District, located off 290 and the 610 Loop, and 249 and Beltway 8, celebrating 25 years as the intersection of innovation. More information at nnmd.org. This is the Engines of Our Ingenuity, made possible by the Friends of KUHF, Houston.

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Today we mix a magic drink for Daedalus and Icarus, the University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run and the people whose ingenuity created them. Why are those lines from the Wizard of Oz so compelling?

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Somewhere over the rainbow birds fly. Why then, oh why can't I? The myth of Daedalus and his son Icarus also lays its strong hand on our elemental craving to fly.

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