Episode 7: Human Digital Twins

Technology Today

Southwest Research Institute

Technology

4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Do you wear a device to track your steps, heart rate or sleep patterns? Collecting data about ourselves is becoming mainstream. Add that information to your medical data and you have the makings of your own human digital twin. Our guests in this episode are Southwest Research Institute engineers Dan Nicolella and Kase Saylor. They explain what digital twins are, who they can benefit and why they have the potential to help us understand our health needs in a new and personal way. Plus, learn about an innovative tool in human performance and biomechanics – markerless motion capture. Find out how this technique is helping athletes play a better game and helping injured people rehabilitate. Listen now as we discuss digital health.

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0:00.0	Are you ready for a new you? Our guest today say they can make that happen. Well, at least
0:06.3	digitally. Today we're exploring personalized human digital twins. Detailed medical data is
0:13.7	uploaded into a computer forming a digital copy of a person. So how are they used and what can a
0:20.6	digital twin reveal? Plus, markerless
0:23.4	motion capture is taking athletes to peak performance. Join us as we explore high-tech health
0:30.2	solutions on this episode of Technology Today. We live with technology, science, engineering, and the results of innovative research every day.
0:43.0	Now, let's understand it better.
0:45.0	You're listening to the Technology Today podcast presented by Southwest Research Institute.
0:50.8	Hello and welcome to technology today.
0:52.7	I'm your host, Lisa Benia. Digital twins are a fascinating
0:57.3	concept. Your digital twin is basically you, all of your health data down to your cells,
1:04.2	coming to life in a computer. Your twin can provide detailed medical information about you like
1:10.6	never before.
1:11.9	Our guest today are Kaye Saylor and Dr. Dan Nicola Southwest Research Institute engineers
1:17.4	taking biomechanics and human performance research to the next level.
1:22.3	Thanks for joining us, Dan, in Case.
1:23.9	Thanks for having us.
1:24.7	Yeah, that's great.
1:25.3	So let's start with Case.
1:27.3	We just covered the basic
1:28.5	definition of a human digital twin, but how would you describe it? I think you've got the basic
1:34.2	parts of it. The idea is that the human body is a very complex system. Digital twins have been
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