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A digital twin is a virtual model that accurately reflects a physical object or process. It can be used to collect data and monitor systems to prevent issues. A digital twin requires data collection and modeling to replicate objects or processes. While digital twins increase efficiency, they also raise privacy and security concerns if experiments are performed on a person's digital twin without consent or it is hacked.

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A digital twin is a virtual model that accurately reflects a physical object or process. It can be used to collect data and monitor systems to prevent issues. A digital twin requires data collection and modeling to replicate objects or processes. While digital twins increase efficiency, they also raise privacy and security concerns if experiments are performed on a person's digital twin without consent or it is hacked.

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Have you ever wished you had a twin?

Or make a replicate of yourself so you can be on two different


places at once? Your mother may not have been able to make that happen, but a binary code now
possibly can – thanks to science and technology!

* Introducing Digital Twins. What are those? *

A digital twin is a virtual model of a physical object, process or service, accurately reflecting it. This can
be a digital replica of an object in the physical world, such as a jet engine or wind farms, or even larger
items such as buildings or even whole cities. This technology can be used to replicate processes in order
to collect data to predict how they will perform. Likewise, this pairing of the virtual and physical worlds
allows analysis of data and monitoring of systems to head off problems before they even occur, prevent
downtime, develop new opportunities and even plan for the future by using simulations. In simpler
terms, a digital twin is a virtual copy of you that can be analyzed without your presence.

So How does it work? How are Digital Twins Designed?

Think of a digital twin as a bridge between the physical and digital world. It is a two-way flow of
information that first occurs when object sensors provide relevant data to the system processor and
then happens again when insights created by the processor are shared back with the original source
object.

 Data Collection
o To create a virtual model, a digital twin requires data about an object or process. This
data could be about the life cycle of a product. The data could include design
specifications, product information, or production processes. It could also be related to
information such as real-time feedback, historical analysis, and maintenance records.

 Modeling
o Once data has been gathered, it’s used to create computational analytical models. These
models can prescribe actions based on engineering simulations and artificial intelligence
algorithms. The models can be displayed via 3D representations and augmented reality
(AR) techniques to show you all the findings visually. All this can help you gain a better
understanding of the physical object or process.

What factors or events led to the introduction of this S&T?

The concept of digital twins was first put forward by David Gelernter’s 1991 book ‘Mirror Worlds,’ with
Michael Grieves of the Florida Institute of Technology going on to apply the concept to manufacturing.
By 2002, Grieves had moved to the University of Michigan when he formally introduced the digital twin
concept at a Society of Manufacturing Engineers conference in Troy, Michigan.
However, it was NASA who first embraced the digital twin concept, dabbling with pairing technology -
the precursor to today’s digital twin — as far back as the early days of space exploration. One of NASA
research department’s challenges was how to develop systems that would travel beyond the ability to
see or monitor physically. “How do you operate, maintain, or repair systems when you aren’t within
physical proximity to them?”. When disaster struck Apollo 13, it was the innovation of mirrored systems
still on earth that allowed engineers and astronauts to determine how they could rescue the mission.
Today, NASA uses digital twins to develop new recommendations, roadmaps, and next-generation
vehicles and aircraft.

What is the S&T issue all about? What ethical dilemmas does the introduction of the S&T assigned to
your group pose?

Digital twin technology has been helping boost efficiency and productivity in many aspects of life such as
agriculture, manufactories, weather system, and even human health. For example, an analysis of your
digital twin could predict weeks or months in advance if you’re heading for a heart attack. However, it
can not only do good things, but also the exact opposite. While S&Ts such as this provide much
efficiency and ease, the digital twin may become the evil twin, doing more harm than good.
Unauthorized and unethical experiments could be performed on your twin without your knowledge—
and anything with a binary code is open to hacking. Moreover, there is a huge risk of misrepresenting
the object or system people want to replicate using this technology, considering the fact that there is
not much information regarding how accurate the twin is compared to its physical counterpart.

In a wider point of view, digital twins let the whole human race progress rapidly towards the metaverse,
which promises to create a virtual world where people can work, socialize and shop. And as we all know,
as metaverse emerges, so does its ethical implications – privacy, economic inequalities, identity control,
etc.

Why is it important to question the moral and ethical issues surrounding the assigned S&T?

In the face of this new S&T innovation, why is it important to study Science, Technology, and Society?

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