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Paper sacks of hand-torn Stasi files stored beneath shelves of bundled records in Germany’s Stasi Records Archive, beside the headline “Inside the world’s largest torn-document puzzle.”

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Oct 27, 20267 min read

The Stasi Files - What 600 Million Torn Scraps Teach About Reconstruction

In 1989 the Stasi tore up tens of millions of pages. Three decades on, archivists have rebuilt about 1.7 million sheets by hand. What the world's biggest paper puzzle teaches about repairing torn documents, and where software helps.

Thisara Jaso

Before and after: a stained flight certificate cleaned of water marks and spots

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Oct 2, 202625 min read

Restoring a Stained Certificate: A Before-and-After Case Study

Water rings, foxing and mould spots had spread across a 1970s certificate. A real case study of restoring a water-stained certificate. See how a colour scan and AI restoration removed tide lines, foxing and yellowing while keeping the signatures, seal, typed details and fine printed borde

Thisara Jaso

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