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Greg Demchak stood before an enormous LED screen in a dark hotel conference room. With a game controller and a keyboard, he moved his audience through a digital model of Barcelona. The glowing screen showed...
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The last few decades have been largely defined by the digital revolution. Personal computing has evolved from basic gaming and word processing on a monochrome display, to journeying to distant websites and databases on an early version of the internet,...
Countries around the world are investing heavily in infrastructure to support economic growth, ensure energy security, and address climate change. Whether adapting existing infrastructure assets or building new ones, the task at hand is massive. However, to meet these needs,...
The benefits of a walkable city are well known. According to the Climate Reality Project, not only does encouraging pedestrian travel lessen the need for more expensive or carbon-emitting forms of transportation, but walkable cities also promote active living, reduce...
Kaustubh Page, Bentley’s Director of iTwin Platform Management, also contributed to this post. The race to cut carbon in half by 2030 is starting to heat up. According to a recent report by the UN’s World Meteorologist Organization, the world...
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...