MINING

The virtual mine comes to the classroom

Digital twins of working mines bring new levels of interactivity to university courses

 Angelina Anani, at the University of Arizona, is bringing the reality of mine work to the classroom through the use of digital twins

Angelina Anani, at the University of Arizona, is bringing the reality of mine work to the classroom through the use of digital twins

"Mining is a hands-on industry. It requires a person to be there to understand how the rock is responding to us extracting minerals from the ground," she said. "It's difficult to teach it with a traditional...

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