Harvard Data Science Review Podcast
Digital Twins and Virtual Twins: What Are They and What Do They Do for Humans?
December 23, 202538 min · 6,216 words
Show notes
In this month’s episode of the Harvard Data Science Review Podcast, we explore the rapidly evolving concept of digital twins—dynamic, data-driven replicas of complex systems—and their growing influence across engineering, cities, healthcare, and society at large.
Highlighted moments
When we have a virtual heart, it can embody not only patient A or patient B, but it can also encompass all kinds of pathologies, and we can explore, in fact, the realm of all the possibles.
“People look at twins like it's a virtual photograph of an object. It's a management system.”
“what you don't put into twins translate into non-answered questions.”
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