Renascentia

Renascentia

Providing intelligence.

I build AI for practical work and interactive experiences for people who learn by exploring.

An imagined river valley in morning light, painted over a chalk drawing: a pyramid, a stepped skyscraper, a ruined amphitheatre and an iron lattice tower share one skyline.

What was built.

The Great Pyramid alone on a desert plain in low side light, painted over its chalk plan.
The Colosseum in ruin on an olive plain, its tall outer wall falling away to the right, painted over its chalk plan.
The Taj Mahal and its four minarets seen across still water, painted over its chalk plan.
The Eiffel Tower standing alone on a floodplain, sky showing through its great arch, painted over its chalk plan.
The Empire State Building alone above a misted riverbank, painted over its chalk plan.
The George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson between two steel towers, painted over its chalk plan.
The Sydney Opera House, white shells rising from its podium over calm harbour water, painted over its chalk plan.

What was invented.

Work the land

  • A wooden plow with an iron share and two curved handles turning a furrow in a field, above its chalk elevations.
  • A wooden spoked wheel on a short axle, standing on a stone ledge above its chalk elevations.
  • A horizontal steam engine with cylinder, connecting rod and large flywheel, above its chalk elevations.

Record and share knowledge

  • A wooden papermaking mould with a fresh sheet curling off its screen beside a stack of deckle-edged sheets, above its chalk elevations.
  • A hand-operated timber printing press with screw, lever and a blank sheet on its bed, above its chalk elevations.
  • A candlestick desk telephone with its earpiece on the hook and a cloth cord, above its chalk elevations.
  • A walnut cathedral-style tabletop radio with three arched grille openings, a dial and two knobs, above its chalk elevations.

See and heal

  • A brass compound microscope in profile on a stone ledge, above a chalk section of two lenses and a ray path.
  • An open glass culture dish: pale colonies cover the plate except in a clear ring around one blue-green mould, above its chalk elevations.
    Bacteria grow across the dish, except in the clear zone around the mould.

Power, travel, and computation

  • An unlit early incandescent lamp with a horseshoe filament, upright in a dark socket, above its chalk section.
  • An early open-top touring car with tall spoked wheels standing on a country road, above its chalk wheel elevation and chassis plan.
  • An early biplane resting on skids on a pale dune, above its chalk wing projection.
  • A round silicon wafer scored into a grid of chips, standing in a small holder with one cut chip beside it, above its chalk section and plan.
  • An early desktop computer with a cream monitor, a low system unit and a chunky keyboard on a wooden bench, above its chalk elevations.

What is being built.

Applied intelligence

Cavelux

Artificial intelligence built for tasks people face in the real world.

Interactive education

Atomic Universe

A place to follow a question, explore an idea, and learn by interacting with it.
The same imagined valley under a wider sky: a pyramid, a stepped tower, a ruined amphitheatre and an iron lattice tower along a winding river.

Colophon

A pyramid and a skyscraper share a problem. Both have to stand. Iā€™m drawn to the different answers people have built across centuries. This imagined landscape brings them within walking distance.