☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“A digital twin is a virtual representation of something. It could be an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/object" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>object</span></a>, like a car or an aircraft. Or, as we consider in the next two stories, it could be more <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a>, such as industrial processes or bodily organs. </p><p>Even in the case of a humble car part, it encompasses more than <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PhysicalAttributes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicalAttributes</span></a>, from details about how the object was built and how it ages to how it breaks and the way it can be recycled.</p><p>To work, a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalTwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTwin</span></a> needs to be constantly updated by its physical counterpart. This is done using <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RealTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealTime</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> gleaned from sensors that measure just about anything that can be measured”</p><p>‘Digital twins are speeding up manufacturing’: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/economist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economist</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> &lt;<a href="http://active.econweb.p.aws.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/08/28/digital-twins-are-speeding-up-manufacturing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">active.econweb.p.aws.economist</span><span class="invisible">.com/science-and-technology/2024/08/28/digital-twins-are-speeding-up-manufacturing</span></a>&gt; (free article)</p>