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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BMW's spare parts plant in Dingolfing, for example, which employs around 17,500 people, hand-held barcode readers have been replaced by gloves that scan objects when you put your thumb and forefinger together.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: 5, Funny) by etherscythe on Wednesday December 21 2016, @04:51PM
The baton which imbues your "therapy patient" with at least temporary good sense. Use on boss. Repeat if his boss balks at the sudden outbreak of common sense. Underlings also good candidates. Apply to self before all major life decisions. Profit!
"Fake News: anything reported outside of my own personally chosen echo chamber"
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday December 21 2016, @04:55PM
But would it "reduce financial stress and improve emotional wellbeing" ?
I say, Yes, it would.
Thank goodness the 1st amendment forces people to listen to you and agree with you.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday December 21 2016, @07:07PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 22 2016, @11:25AM
I merely wish that the idiots of the world had but one thick skull between the lot of them, that I might whack it with one blow.
Careful! You're liable to hurt yourself!