April 2019 – Design and Manufacturing Futures Lab

Industry 4.0 and Digital Twins: Key lessons from NASA

Posted 24th April 201916th May 2019 Ben HicksLeave a commentPosted in Digital-Physical Twinning, Projects

See the latest article from the Lab on The Future Factory forum https://www.thefuturefactory.com/blog/24. In the article Ben looks at the history of the digital twin and the lessons that can be learned from NASA’s application of the Digital Twin. The article also includes a definition of the Digital Twin. Enjoy your reading! While you are on […]

City Blocks at IEEEVR 2019

Posted 12th April 201912th April 2019 Lee KentLeave a commentPosted in CityBlocks, Digital-Physical Twinning, Projects

During the successful pilot of City Blocks at Bristol Housing Festival, 149 unique cities were created by 125 designers with a range of urban planning experience and knowledge. Each physically created city, using Lego as an abstracted physical design kit, was scanned and has a full scale explorable virtual city; with analysis fed back to […]