Post By Brenda Walker on 04/28/2016

Automation: Self-Driving Trucks Will Automate Millions of Jobs

Self-driving cars and trucks are touted as improving road safety (once all the tech kinks are worked out) and will perform jobs that “people don’t really want to do.” according to the article below. Hm...
Post By Brenda Walker on 04/22/2016

Automation: Sidewalk Delivery Robots Appear to Be Moving toward Implementation

Starship Technologies has been testing its little delivery bots in a few cities and they are already being employed in London. The machine looks like an ice chest on wheels and can scoot along sidewalk...
Post By Brenda Walker on 04/12/2016

Germany: Robots Will Take Human Jobs

This DW report presents the common pretend-balance of saying automation may take jobs or it may create new ones. But why would companies invest many millions of dollars (or euros) to install smart mach...
Post By Brenda Walker on 04/06/2016

California’s Increased Minimum Wage Stimulates Automation Businesses

On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to raise the state’s minimum wage gradually to $15 in 2022, even though he admitted, “Economically, minimum wages may not make sense.” Jerry isn’t stu...
Post By Brenda Walker on 04/04/2016

Port Automation Keeps Foreign Goods Flowing into America

Ports are another sector of the economy turning to automation to derive the “efficiency” that comes from fewer human workers. One result is the increased mechanization occurring on west coast ports bec...