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July 19, 2016 10:31 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/4SRuBVaSLDg/as-sewbots-threaten-asias-sw.html
As sewbots threaten Asia's sweatshops, we need to decide who will benefit from automation
A new International Labour Organization report called ASEAN in transformation: How technology is changing jobs and enterprises predicts that "sewbots" -- sewing robots that can piece together garments with little or no human intervention -- will replace up to 90% of garment and footwear workers in Cambodia and Vietnam in the years to come. (more…)
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