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Young women in the Jumpstart Fellowship Program participate in hands-on learning at internships, helping them cultivate in-demand technology skills. (Image courtesy of MassRobotics)

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Can women solve the skills gap in robotics?

Joyce Sidopoulos thinks so. She helped found the Jumpstart Fellowship Program at MassRobotics to provide young women with a pathway to the robotics industry.

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Although the Lascaux Cave curators have produced accurate copies of the cave paintings – even using pigments identical to the originals – those who have toured the new Lascaux Cave virtual reality experience describe it as ‘almost a sensory experience’ of being in the actual cave. (Image © AdobeStock/Gerald Villena)

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Lascaux Cave

After 60 years, the world’s most famous cave art has re-opened – in virtual reality

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Rennes Métropole

Achieving sustainable operations with an online virtual twin experience

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Virtual twins are the keystone of resilient infrastructure

Simon Huffeteau, Vice President, Infrastructure & Cities Strategy, Dassault Systèmes

(Image © Adobe Stock / MAGNIFIER)

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The Dassault Systèmes View

Compass magazine Editorial Board

The world’s cities occupy just 3% of the Earth’s land, yet account for up to 80% of energy consumption and 75% of carbon emissions. Virtual twin experiences can help urban decision-makers achieve a better balance and mitigate climate change. (Image © Adobe Stock / Виталий Сова)

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Building for a better future

Virtual technology helps cities reach many sustainability goals

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CREATING SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE & CITIES

How reducing built-environment emissions today impacts a healthy future

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more prominent, the ethical dilemmas that engineers face become more complex. A few universities are working to address the challenge by offering more ethics-in-engineering courses.(© Adobe Stock)

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Finding an ethical balance

Better training in engineering ethics could improve the safety of technology

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De-risking innovation for a carbon-neutral economy

Virtual twin technology could be a game-changer as the mining industry tackles its carbon challenges. As the mining industry moves to decarbonize, opportunities are emerging for better design of equipment, ventilation systems and the mines themselves – improvements that could deliver significant safety, cost and productivity benefits across the value chain. For instance, replacing diesel-powered […]

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Achieving zero-emission mining

Companies throughout the mining value chain are collaborating to create sustainable solutions

As seen from above, AURORA appears to be just a beautiful, swirling artwork in crystal and gold. But the installation also teaches lessons about the changes in mindset required to design for sustainability. (Image courtesy of the Design Studio)

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A new day for design

AURORA installation at the Design Museum manifests a new approach to sustainable design

Bathroom with smart home technology interface for control and automation

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Smart bathrooms

Smart application of technology improves bathroom function, cleanliness and sustainability

Deutsche Messe’s MEDIA FACTORY began as a way to produce video for exhibitors at the company’s Hannover Messe trade fair. Now the team has added virtual imagery production to its capabilities, using light, mobile-ready glTF imagery derived from 3D engineering models. (Image courtesy of Deutsche Messe)

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Interactive exhibits

Hannover Messe organizer harnesses interactive 3D to transform its exhibitors’ trade show experiences

A project is underway at NIAR to create virtual twins of US Air Force aircraft, including the Black Hawk helicopter. Digitally scanning the airframe to create 3D models should help extend the life of aging aircraft. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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Smart sustainment

Virtual twin experiences help NATO improve aging aircrafts’ mission-readiness

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