How "digital twins" could help us predict the future | Karen Willcox

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🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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From health-tracking wearables to smartphones and beyond, data collection and computer modeling have become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. Advancements in these areas have given birth to "digital twins," or virtual models that evolve alongside real-world data. Aerospace engineer Karen Willcox explores the incredible possibilities these systems offer across engineering, climate studies and medicine, sharing how they could lead to personalized medicine, better decision-making and more.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	It's Ted Talks Daily.
0:12.0	I'm Elise Hugh.
0:13.0	Today, the promise of digital twins, their data-driven, highly-specific digital simulations
0:18.8	of existing systems, an aircraft, a satellite, even planet Earth, and they could potentially
0:24.4	influence all our lives.
0:26.8	In our 2022 talk from Ted-Ax Austin, Computational Scientist Karen Wilcox introduces us to the
0:32.7	possibility of digital twins and the ways they could tackle the biggest societal problems
0:38.6	of our time.
0:39.6	After the break.
0:40.6	Hi, I'm Francis Roy, and I'm Ann Morris.
0:44.7	We're the host of a new podcast from Ted called Fixable.
0:47.8	We've helped leaders at some of the world's most influential companies solve hard problems
0:51.4	and accelerate change.
0:52.8	In Fixable, we're taking calls from you and having unfiltered conversations about how
0:57.8	to quickly solve problems that work.
1:00.0	In our next episode, we'll talk about team communication.
1:02.8	It's really poor communication, and it leads to resentment and animosity.
1:10.4	I want to know how to help foster an environment that that can be overcome.
1:15.6	Check out Fixable, wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:18.6	Alright, well, let's start with an easy question.
1:22.1	How many of you are wearing a Fit Bird or an Apple Watch or some other kind of health
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