Entrants sought for Digital Twin Hackathon to be held at Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein

Entries are now open to 15 students from South Africa and 15 from the Netherlands for the Digital Twin Hackathon which holds the potential to benefit policy-making for the City of Johannesburg.

Thirty university students hold the power to combine their diverse experiences to solve problems that could change the narrative of municipalities in South Africa. The goal is to transform their hypotheses into theories and, ultimately, action.

“Globally, the use of digital twins to modernise cities is becoming more well-adopted. Essentially, through the use of technology, real-world systems can be created and run in a sophisticated manner to gain insights more cost-effectively.

“Governments and city planners can use these systems to track, manage and solve problems before putting them into action,” said Carol Jaji of the Witwatersrand University’s incubation hub, Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct.

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“Virtual representations of physical objects such as buildings, equipment or even processes, can be rendered through the installation of live sensor data to create a digital twin with capabilities that extend to streaming the movements of people and traffic in real-time,” she added.

The Digital Twin Hackathon takes place over five days from November 7 to 11 in Johannesburg and is the product of the Tshimologong. The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Pretoria has called for entries for their Digital Twin Hackathon.

To enter, click the link and complete the registration form.

Details: Diane Walker 010 822 3532; Diane@tshimologong.joburg

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