Techy tips for family historians
Make the most of digital devices, websites, apps and gadgets, with genealogical web guru Paul Carter
FROM THE WORLD OF TECH
Paul Carter
App of the month
Colorise Bot isn’t an app as such, rather it’s a clever piece of software which accepts black and white images and colourises them in seconds. What’s even more extraordinary is the software was developed by two British teenagers.
Colorise Bot is currently available via Twitter, so you will need a free account there to use it.
Colourise your old photos!
Simply tweet a black and white photo to @colorisebot
Left is the original image, within seconds, you will receive a response including a colourised version of the image!
Tech tool
Not so long ago, my house was struck by lightning, with such a force that it blew the phone socket from the wall, damaging my broadband equipment beyond repair. All my computer equipment was fixed, however, and I was back up and running within a couple of days. My computers were unscathed, which could be put down to either luck or the surge protector used to connect them to the power outlets.