Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, created the most comprehensive digital representation of the world’s man-made ...

Each day, millions of transportation decisions are made without a driver manually choosing a route or reacting to road signs. Trucks are rerouted around traffic hours before a jam appears. A vehicle ...

Science fiction has a funny way of predicting what will happen in the real world. Decades ago, for example, futurists and fantasists foresaw a world where humans split their time between digital and ...

While the concept of digital twins is growing in popularity, definitions are still evolving with official bodies updating their understanding of what such a virtual representation is. The Digital Twin ...

Mr. Bensinger is a member of the editorial board. Too many of our digital maps are sellouts. Just like the projection maps we’re all familiar with that inaccurately depict Greenland dwarfing South ...