People on Twitter are not all that interactive or connected, as compared to those on Facebook and YouTube. Nonetheless, I’ve really liked it at as a news source, not quite on par with Google News, but second to it and LinkedIn third.
Accordingly, I found this National Geographic article on my Twitter news feed - Extreme Scientific Imaging - which posted a few brilliant images that modern-day technology can now produce. These are things we would have difficulty seeing otherwise. Here’s an example:
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It’s an image of a Greek City, Pavlopetri, off the southern coast of Greece. It’s about 5000 years old, but sunk about 3000 years ago. The technology was created by a robotics team from the University of Sydney, and this won first prize in an Extreme Imaging Competition.
I never cease to marvel at what some people can conceptualize and create. In key respects, this blog on media, technology, internet and digital is a homage to that. Still, I was keen to hear about this underwater city. But the little write up on this image focused virtually exclusively on the technology and the competition.
Enter Wikipedia. It’s not news that this city was mostly likely a trading port for textile and pottery. But I am eager to hear more about its planning, as researchers so far have noted streets, buildings, and tombs in Pavlopetri. The full research will be published in 2014.
I never cease to marvel at what some people can conceptualize and create. In key respects, this blog on media, technology, internet and digital is a homage to that. Still, I was keen to hear about this underwater city. But the little write up on this image focused virtually exclusively on the technology and the competition.
Enter Wikipedia. It’s not news that this city was mostly likely a trading port for textile and pottery. But I am eager to hear more about its planning, as researchers so far have noted streets, buildings, and tombs in Pavlopetri. The full research will be published in 2014.
Thankfully, the underwater remains of Pavlopetri are protected by UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - which aims to prevent destruction and looting, among other things.
Heaven forbid that millenniums from now, Chicago should sink into Lake Michigan. But if so, generations of our progeny will see its superb planning. Which, sadly, we cannot say for cities like Abu Dhabi or Dubai. In these latter cases, our progeny may marvel at the sophisticated engineering, but turn somber at their Babel-like conceit as well as their circuitous, closed-loop arteries.
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Thank you for reading, and let me know what you think!
Ron Villejo, PhD
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