this is the very first thing that has ever made me wish I had a smart phone:<\/p>\n
Many recent multimedia projects have tried to present a \u201cthen and now<\/b>\u201d look at different cities by mashing up current images of buildings and streetscapes with historical visuals like old film footage<\/a>, 18th-century paintings<\/a>, or classic album covers<\/a>. Now, an app called Pivot<\/b> wants to do the same but in real time, offering<\/a> an instant time portal right as you\u2019re walking down the street. Pivot, developed by Boston-based couple Asma Jaber<\/b> and Sami Jitan<\/b>, prompts you to raise your phone when you\u2019re at a \u201cpivot\u201d point\u2014and that\u2019s when you\u2019ll see images and videos of what that place looked like from decades or centuries ago.<\/p>\n
As profiled<\/a> in Wired<\/i> recently, Pivot aims to become a platform for digital historical preservation. Jaber, who enjoyed hearing about her ancestral land of Palestine from her father (who unfortunately passed away in 2012, bringing all his stories with him), wants to help preserve and share cultures and histories that are at the risk of being lost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
more<\/a> (via Jon Coppage<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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