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On April 18, 1506, Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the world’s largest church on the burial place of the Apostle Peter in Vatican City. More than five hundred years later, every detail of...
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Not too long ago, the application of digital twins in infrastructure seemed to be a distant reality. Today, we see a rapidly growing number of tangible examples of the benefits that digital twins are bringing to designing, building, and operating...
At Dublin City University (DCU) in Ireland, something very smart is happening. Leading-edge digital innovations are being conceptualized, developed, trialed, and tested in one of the world’s most high-tech sandboxes. The DCU Glasnevin campus has transformed itself into a small-scale...
The winners have been announced for Bentley Education’s first-ever Digital Twin Design Challenge! The contest invited students—aged 12 to 25 years old—to reimagine a real-world location using the popular Minecraft videogame and Bentley’s iTwin technology. Specifically, students were asked to:...
The question ‘Does the world have more wheels or doors?’ has led to more lively debate and banter than many topics recently. The ‘wheels’ advocates claim gears, cogs, and toy cars. The ‘doors’ advocates cite houses, office blocks, and that...
Globally, we continue to witness the increasingly destructive impacts of climate change on human and natural systems. The increased frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events such as wildfires, floods, and droughts are costing lives, disrupting infrastructure, economies, and setting...
As was the case with BIM nearly 20 years ago, digital twins are now reshaping the built world in terms of how infrastructure is designed, constructed, and operated. The industry has always faced challenges managing the volume and variety of...
