Category: Engineering

Simulation May Outpace Automation in Business AI

⊲ TechRadar Pro ⊳ AI in business is often used to automate tasks, but this article argues its true potential lies in simulation. By modelling complex environments with simulated populations,...

RoboBallet Turns Code Into Choreography

⊲ Interesting Engineering ⊳ UCL, DeepMind and Intrinsic have unveiled RoboBallet, an AI that synchronises robotic arms using reinforcement learning and graph neural networks. By running countless...

Simulation Weekly News

⊲ Last Week’s Sim News Summary ⊳ In the military, China is developing AR capabilities for tank and armoured vehicle crews, offering real-time 360° vision, overlaid data, and enabling gunners to aim...

Digital Twins Make Buildings Smarter

⊲ Scientific Reports ⊳ This study introduces MD-DTT-BIM, a system combining digital twins, Building Information Modelling (BIM), AI, and sensor networks for smarter building operations. The digital...

Simulation Weekly News

⊲Last Week's Sim NewsSummary ⊳In a significant development for predictive modelling, Google's DeepMind announced its "Weather Lab" AI model demonstrated superior accuracy in short-range forecasts...

Digital Twin Reveals Hidden Battery Issues

⊲ pv magazine ⊳ A collaboration between Brussels-based 3E and the Free University of Brussels (VUB), under an EU-funded project, revealed that relying solely on battery management systems (BMS) may...

Safer, Faster, Better Engineering

⊲ The Engineer ⊳ AI, AR, and computer vision are rapidly reshaping heavy industry and construction, enabling predictive maintenance, immersive training, and real-time safety monitoring. From...

Metaverse Goes Nuclear

⊲ ARCWEB ⊳ Hitachi has launched its "Metaverse Platform" designed for nuclear power plants, which uses advanced digital tools such as digital twins and AI to improve operations such as design,...

Railways in 3D: Experiencing the Future

⊲ Construction Management ⊳ CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building) members visiting the UK high speed railway HS2 Twyford to Greatworth (T2G) site recently used immersive simulators to operate...

Inside BMW’s “3D Mine”

⊲ Unity ⊳ BMW has adopted Unity’s real-time 3D platform to create a centralised asset management system, including its “3D Mine”, a structured environment where digital assets are stored, tracked,...

Business Simulation Made Simple

⊲ The Independent ⊳ The article discusses how simulation apps are transforming business management by allowing decision-makers to use predictive modelling. By embedding specialist simulations into...

Blueprints Come Alive On-Site

⊲ Buildings.com ⊳ The article discusses how augmented reality (AR) and building information modelling (BIM) are changing the construction industry. BIM is a digital method for designing, managing,...