A leading engineering firm says New Zealand needs to get moving on creating a digital twin - and government should be considering it as part of a national digital strategy. A digital twin is a virtual model of something - say a building or a bridge - and takes real-world data to run simulations to see how it might perform.
So what about a model of the whole country? It's already been done in Singapore, and being worked on in Britain. Thomas Hyde is the chief digital officer for engineering firm Beca, and says investing in a digital twin would have big economic and social benefits - especially in light of the $23.4 billion announced earlier this month to be spent on transport and infrastructure over the next three years.
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