Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality
Views: 35 – Job-replacement technology has directly boosted the income gap since the late 1980s, according to economists. (Article 3/3) Courtesy MIT by Peter Dizikes: Modern […]
Industry 4.0
Robots help some firms, even while workers across industries struggle
Views: 13 – Study finds manufacturing companies that are quick to automate can thrive, but overall employment drops. Courtesy MIT by Peter Dizikes : Overall, adding […]
How many jobs do robots actually replace?
Views: 28 – The new research by economist Daron Acemoglu, from MIT, puts several figures on the labor costs of automation. (This part 1 of 3) […]
Sensitive robots are safer
Views: 27– Biologically-inspired artificial skin improves sensory ability of robots Courtesy TUM – Tecnology University of Munich: Sensitive synthetic skin enables robots to sense their […]
Five examples of successful digitization in SMEs
Views: 399Only large companies live the digital transformation? Scanning in the middle class doesn’t make big headlines, but it’s real and sometimes works better than […]
Future Humanoid Robots
Views: 136Japanese Android maker predicts that future robots will look like us – Minapim by Hernan Valenzuela: In the 1980s the movie “Blade Runner” envisioned […]
The eight steps to digitization- Roadmap
Views: 113Although digitization has been on the agenda of business and politics for a long time now, SMEs in particular still have implementation problems in […]
The engineer of the future must be smarter than the machines he works with
Views: 32Although Germany is not struggling with a nationwide shortage of skilled workers, many sectors, such as *MINT and healthcare, are vacant. Recruiting skilled workers […]
Medicine – 3D printing of silicone components
Views: 19ETH spin-off Spectroplast has developed a method to make silicone products using a 3D printer. The young company now plans to bring to market […]
Humanoid and animaloid robots for human comfort
Views: 186As with other mammals the isolated man does not survive, the company of humanoids or animaloids contributes to mental health. Minapim by Hernan Valenzuela: […]
Job – Workers are better replaced by robots than by colleagues
Views: 13Study shows psychological effect of job loss through technology Original article by TUM: Most people see it worse when workers lose their jobs with […]
Self healing robots that “feel pain”
Views: 16Over the next three years, researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, University of Cambridge, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la […]