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Imagine ____________________ you had a digital version of yourself that you could ____________________ tests on to see how your life ____________________ turn out according to different ____________________ you made . So , you want to see ____________________ that move to Paris would have been like ? Or how ____________________ that extra degree would have affected your ____________________ state of affairs ?

A digital twin is ____________________ of like that , but for ____________________ chains and industrial applications . ____________________ , the technology works by ? building ? a virtual ____________________ of a factory , or a wind turbine , or an element in a supply ____________________ . This digital twin can ____________________ be subjected to tests designed to ____________________ efficiency without doing any physical ____________________ . The digital twin also can ____________________ data from sensors on the physical twin , ____________________ monitoring of equipment safety and status ____________________ physically checking the equipment as ____________________ .

This technology is already being used in CAD 3D models and manufacturing simulations , but in 2017 things are going to be ____________________ further , and results are ____________________ being seen . As GE reports , Black & Decker is using digital twins on one of their factory ? s ____________________ lines , leading to a ? labor utilization ____________________ of 12% , and a 10% increase in throughput . ?