# How to build an information time machine

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxCaFoscariU
- Speaker: Frederic Kaplan
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/frederic_kaplan_how_to_build_an_information_time_machine)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [How to build an information time machine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/frederic_kaplan_how_to_build_an_information_time_machine/7b400c014e9a), 11 min (TED's player)