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Strategic Partnerships for school education 2019-1-PL01-KA201-065137
Project: Teacher4.0 - comprehensive method of implementation of Industry 4.0
concept into didactic practice in primary and secondary schools

performance, operating and environmental parameters, while long distance transport ships might
not have all the prerequisites to do that. Collected data is usually pre-processed and fed back to step
1 of the model, to close the loop and make the virtual product more complete and functional.

Once such model is built and verified, it can be used as a framework for Digital Twin based product
design. Having in place comprehensive data from the real product, enable designers to analyse weak
spots and problematic areas, immediately test within virtual product and possibly even implement
improvements remotely. Several researchers also pointed possibility to generate new solutions
based on functioning Digital Twin, using design theory and methodology.

Connections between Digital Twin and IoT

The Digital Twin requires several enabler (required) technologies, which have been mentioned
above. One of those is Internet of Things – IoT and also Industrial Internet of Things – IIoT.

Many of us already use various smart devices – aka IoT devices. Connected bathroom scales,
thermometers, power controllers, smart locks and cameras, heating and cooling, lighting, even home
appliances with various levels of connectivity.

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