Technology

November 5, 2020

New Technology May Save Venice From Future Devastating Floods

Venetians saw a glimmer of hope during a recent high tide flood. For the first time in 1,200 years, they did not have to stow their belongings and prepare for water to surge into their homes and businesses. Instead, a new flooding defense system that has been under development since 1984 finally completed its first trial and successfully held back water from the Adriatic Sea.

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July 15, 2020

Artist Uses AI to Generate Realistic Faces of Subjects From World’s Most Iconic Paintings

Digital artist Denis Shiryaev has put a technological twist on seven of the world’s most famous paintings. Using neural networks (a set of algorithms modeled after the human brain, designed to recognize patterns), he generated realistic faces of artistic subjects like Mona Lisa, the Roman goddess Venus, and the pair from the American Gothic painting.

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November 26, 2019

Archeologists Used AI to Discover 143 Ancient Drawings in Peru

Ancient civilizations had all types of communication methods. From cave paintings to crop circles, these primitive visual demonstrations are vital to understanding life in a time before the written word. In Peru, enormous geoglyphs found at Nazca helpde unravel the mystery of life between 500 BCE and 500 CE. The Nazca Lines have been greatly studied since they were discovered in the 16th century.

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