Preserving the floating city of Venice digitally 

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A team of researchers is creating a high-tech model of Venice’s island of San Giorgio Maggiore to better monitor sea-level rise, and to preserve the island in a digital form for the future. Host Marco Werman speaks to Adam Lowe, founder of the Factum Foundation For Digital Technology In Conservation, who is leading this project.

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