Digital Twin: More than a schematic & a blueprint( Report)

During a space program in 1960, NASA used the basic twinning idea by creating a physical duplicate of the systems that were in spacecraft on the ground. Eventually, those duplicate physical systems were replaced by computer simulations. This replacement was very important because not only it reduced the cost. Also, the computer programs were portable and can be assessed from anywhere.

Back in 2016, the term digital twin really took off after Gartner, a global research and advisory firm listed digital twins as one of its “Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017” saying that within three to five years, “billions of things will be represented by digital twins, a dynamic software model of a physical thing or system.” The Gartner report stated that “a digital twin can be used to analyze and simulate real-world conditions, respond to changes, improve operations and add value.” A year later, Gartner again listed digital twins as a top trend for 2018, saying that with an estimated 21 billion connected sensors and endpoints by 2020, digital twins will exist for billions of things in the near future.