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The ubiquitous street art, depicting portraits of Ho Chi Minh, flying pigeons, and people waving the national flag, reminded me that this year marks the 50th anniversary of Vietnam’s reunification in ...
From his first visit to Vietnam, this traveller was hooked, and has returned at every opportunity. Here are his go-to ...
Microsoft is teaming up with the French government to create a digital replica of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, France's most ...
The French government has teamed up with tech giant Microsoft to create a "digital twin" of the newly restored Notre-Dame.
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has become the most visited place in France. Since reopening its doors, it has welcomed more than 6 million people.
Yves Ubelmann declined to digitize Notre Dame. Months later, it burned. Now, with Microsoft’s backing, his startup Iconem is building a photorealistic “digital twin” of ...
Symbolic lifting of the statues surrounding the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris marked the beginning of one of the last phases of the roof reconstruction before the towers of the Parisian icon ...
After a thorough restoration, workers are returning the 150-year-old copper statues to the top of Notre-Dame Cathedral.
PARIS — The towers of Notre Dame in Paris are to reopen later this year, six years after a devastating fire severely damaged the iconic cathedral.
The tech giant will provide key AI assistance to French start up Iconem, to help them stitch together hundreds of thousands ...
The Sonic Soul of Notre-Dame After fire ravaged France’s beloved cathedral in 2019, acoustician Brian F.G. Katz ’90 helped preserve the building’s singular sound — and, in the process, revealed ...
It started with a gunshot — one that echoed far beyond Sarajevo. By the time the dust settled, empires had collapsed, ...