Chapter 1
The medical crystal ball
Chapter 2
Earth and cosmic whisperers
Chapter 3
Decoding nature's secret languages
Chapter 4
Unmasking hidden history and art
YOUR GOAL
Master of How computers read the invisible world
Ch 4 · Unmasking hidden history and art
007skaty The Vesuvius Challenge
We read the blackened scroll— (Yeah, we found the ink!) Unlocked the ancient text without unrolling it— (Oh, we see it now!)
007skaty In 2021, Case Western Reserve University researchers trained neural networks on 3D scans of oil paintings to identify
Fun Fact
Charred scrolls: The carbonized Herculaneum scrolls are so fragile that touching them can turn them to dust, but AI reads them completely untouched.
Glossary
palimpsest (noun)
A manuscript page from which text has been scraped or washed off to be used again. Researchers used machine learning and spectral imaging to decipher the thirteenth-century Archimedes Palimpsest.
A manuscript page from which text has been scraped or washed off to be used again. Researchers used machine learning and spectral imaging to decipher the thirteenth-century Archimedes Palimpsest.
Quiz
What ancient Roman town's carbonized scrolls were deciphered using machine learning in the Vesuvius Challenge?
Quiz
How does LiDAR technology help AI see archaeological ruins hidden under dense jungle canopies?
Quiz
In 2018, what laser-mapping technology did archaeologists pair with AI to find 60,000 hidden Mayan structures?
Quiz
In 2023, Yamagata University and IBM used AI to discover 142 new geoglyphs in which famous Peruvian desert?
Quiz
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University used AI to detect art forgeries by analyzing what microscopic feature?
Quiz
What percentage of accuracy did the Case Western Reserve University AI achieve in identifying artists by their brushstrokes?