what the area was like. experts and archaeologists use cameras and archaeologists use cameras and drones to scan the entire site in 3d, capturing as much detail as possible in both the buildings and the artefact, and visitors can enjoy the results in ar on their phones. among the 27 monuments that they can see are the original 0lympic stadium, the temples of zeus and error and the workshop of phidias, all of which have weathered thousands of years of war, erosion and earthquakes, and which now have been digitally refurbished. the technology digitally refurbished. the technology is digitally refurbished. tt2 technology is definitely changing the way visitors explore historical and ecological sites. it presents a different way of experiencing our cultural heritage, actually besides the 3d, the digital representation of the monument,
the puzzle has remained unsolved for decades, and now, a team led by the ca foscari university of venice, will create a robotic system to analyse and eventually piece together the frescoes. called repair, or reconstructing the past: artificial intelligence and robotics meet cultural heritage, it s the first time machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques will be used to take on a project of this scale. the robot is scanning a piece of fresco using polarised lenses and so, at the end of the process, the piece will be scanned in 3d. with the same infrastructure and the same type of technology, we can also scan the same piece using hyperspectral sensors that are able to collect information that the human eyes cannot see. this information includes the residual colours of pigments used by the romans which cannot be seen
we have lost count of the virtual reality experiences we have had over the years, some feeling more useful than others. the first obvious place for vr was gaming, but once the technology had proved that it was properly immersive, we started to see signs that it really could take us to real places. it could put us in all sorts of situations, including education and even medicine. and sometimes, technology turns out to be most useful where you least expect it. i ve seen vr used to help people overcome phobias. you ve seen it used to teach students how to do surgery. but this has to be the most powerful use of vr i have ever seen. six month old archie was born with sagittal synostosis. you are a happy boy, aren t you? a condition where a baby s growth lines in the skull fuse too early. this means as the brain grows, the skull can t grow sideways
it s time for click. this week, how to rebuild the past, piece by piece by piece. on this programme, we see a lot of really useful technology, but some things are just solutions looking for problems. the first obvious place for vr was gaming, but once