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How to build an information time machine

Frederic Kaplan · TED

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About

Imagine if you could surf Facebook ... from the Middle Ages. Well, it may not be as far off as it sounds. In a fun and interesting talk, Frederic Kaplan shows off the Venice Time Machine, a project to digitize 80 kilometers of books to create a historical and geographical simulation of Venice across 1,000 years.

The talk

  1. How to build an information time machine 11 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxCaFoscariU
Speaker
Frederic Kaplan
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, History
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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