Unveil Leonardo da Vinci's codices

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Explore Leonardo's notebooks with the help of Machine Learning

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What is a codex?

10 Things to Know

Discover his pages in mirror-writing

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Codex Arundel, Arundel MS 263, ff.42v-43r

Leonardo da Vinci

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See inside one of Leonardo's notebooks

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What was unusual about Leonardo's note taking?

He wrote backwards

Many people believe that Leonardo wrote back to front as a form of code. Actually, he was left-handed, so writing this way meant he didn't smudge his ink.

He used invisible ink

He wrote backwards

He wrote in Pig Latin

He used a code

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Machines: from sketch to 3D

The Glider

Double Ballista

Gold-Beating Mallet

Mechanical Loom

Parachute

Winch for Lifting Heavy Weight

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Built using the measurements of birds and bats in flight

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Did he reinvent the wheel?

Leonardo's Design For a Perpetual Motion Wheel

Leonardo's Mechanical Inventions

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