Summary
What are the advantages of creating a digital mirror of a city – or an entire island? We speak to a company making digital twins to create simulations of the real world. Then we hear from a real set of twins about their award-winning carbon capture project. And the company sending tiny satellites into space to help environmental researchers.
Presenter: Chris Vallance Producer: Imran Rahman-Jones Editor: Monica Soriano
(Image: A graphic of a person's hand holding a mini city on its fingertips. Credit: Getty Images.)
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| 0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.0 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, moments and movements. |
| 0:14.8 | Stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
| 0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
| 0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.4 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
| 0:28.5 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
| 0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
| 0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.0 | Imagine if there was a digital mirror image of where you live, a virtual version of your city |
| 0:44.2 | filled with virtual versions of the people who live in it. While the tech exists and |
| 0:49.1 | something, it could help us make better decisions. Today, we're talking digital twins on tech life with me, Chris Valence. |
| 0:57.8 | Then, from digital twins to real-life twins, |
| 1:01.2 | two young sisters who've just won a major prize for their project |
| 1:04.5 | aiming to take carbon dioxide and turn it into clothes of all things. |
| 1:10.6 | And... |
| 1:11.1 | Three, two, one, ignition. |
| 1:15.9 | And lift off off, knock, and go, SpaceX. Go, Transport 14. |
| 1:20.3 | That was a SpaceX rocket, which took off in the early hours of this morning in California. |
| 1:25.5 | It launched lots of new satellites into orbit, |
| 1:28.3 | including a tiny one from a firm who believes space tech |
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