How to build an information time machine

Name: How to build an information time machine
Uploaded: 2013-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 10 min
Description: 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.

TEDxCaFoscariU 2013Jun 201310 min1257451 views

Speaker

Frederic KaplanDigital Humanities Professor | Exploring the Future of Cities

About this talk

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.