Two weeks ago, I sat in a city planning meeting that would have been unrecognizable a decade earlier. Instead of arguing over traffic models or debating flood maps, we were all gathered around a holographic display of our city’s Digital Twin. The planning director turned to me and whispered, “Remember when we used to make...
Three months ago, I stood in a steel mill watching a maintenance team disassemble a massive rolling machine that had failed without warning. Production had stopped completely. Workers stood idle. The plant manager estimated the cost at ₹15 lakh per hour of downtime—and they were looking at a 36-hour repair. “This is exactly why we...
Last Tuesday, I killed three meetings with a single line of code. As our company’s sustainability lead, I wasn’t focusing on installing new solar panels or switching to electric vehicles. Instead, I was finalizing an algorithm that would eliminate unnecessary cross-country flights by optimizing our quarterly planning process. Carbon savings? Nearly 75 tons annually—with not...
The moment I walked into Apollo Hospital’s new smart ward in Hyderabad last month, I knew I was witnessing healthcare’s future. A patient had just shifted slightly in her bed, and before any nurse noticed, the bed had already adjusted itself to prevent pressure ulcers. Meanwhile, a doctor miles away was reviewing her real-time vitals...
I was standing on the factory floor of a major automotive plant outside Chennai last month when something remarkable happened. A robotic arm suddenly adjusted its movement pattern—without any human intervention. The plant manager noticed my surprise and explained, “That’s edge computing in action. The system detected a potential alignment issue and corrected itself in...
I remember the first time I saw a digital twin in action at a manufacturing plant in Bangalore. What looked like a simple 3D model on a screen was actually a living, breathing virtual replica of the entire assembly line, complete with real-time data flowing in from hundreds of sensors. The plant manager smiled at...