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What one piece of technology would most improve your working life?
Chances are it wouldn't be a glove. But car workers in Germany are now using smart gloves that not only save time but prevent accidents as well.
It is an example of how tech-enhanced humans are fighting back against the seemingly unstoppable rise of the robots.
At BMW's spare parts plant in Dingolfing, for example, which employs around 17,500 people, hand-held barcode readers have been replaced by gloves that scan objects when you put your thumb and forefinger together. The data is sent wirelessly to a central computer.
The hi-tech gloves allow workers to keep hold of items with both hands while scanning more quickly. While this may only save a few seconds each time, BMW reckons it adds up to 4,000 work minutes, or 66 hours, a day.
It's not just gloves; the article gives several examples of cool technology that help workers.
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Thursday December 22 2016, @06:48PM
>Say it's sitting on the edge of a table.
If you need to push it off, rather than lift it off, then it should be obvious how heavy it is, and it's entirely your fault for trying to push it off when you already know it's too heavy, proceeding to carry it, and THEN "realizing" that it's too heavy. If you lift it off, you should realize how heavy it is, and drop it back onto the table from 1 mm height. I don't see a problem.
>You grab one, and it tips off onto you.
Again, if you can lift it straight up, you'd know how heavy it is and can stop lifting it. If you can't lift it straight up, then it's obviously too heavy for you, and trying to slide it off and carry it, and THEN "realize" that it's too heavy is being stupid.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday December 22 2016, @09:42PM
Wow. You've got it all figured out, don't you? Where have you been all of my life?