By BRAVETTA HASSELL Scene Writer on Jun 7, 2012, at 9:30 AM Updated on 6/07 at 9:27 AM
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But isn’t the Pentagon that high-clearance place where issues of national defense are handled? I’m not a fool, this type of work happens everywhere, but this latest project on unmanned sewing machines? Of course there is more to every story (one hopes), nevertheless,
Saw this in Mashable and had to share.
http://on.mash.to/ML8tDj I mean sewing machines do have to do with clothing and clothing with style and style with popular culture, right? Might be a stretch, but found this interesting.
The tech site reports the Pentagon’s venture capital arm has divvied out more than $1 million to technology developer Softwear Automation to build these hi-tech gadgets.
“Complete production facilities that produce garments with zero direct labor is the ultimate goal.” Says this document out of fedbizzopps.gov.
‘Zero direct labor.’ Wouldn’t creating safer work environments for
people be better?
Just askin’.
Less serious stuff soon.
The story was first reported at Nextgov.com (
http://bit.ly/KkPryu)
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