Foxconn to replace workers with a million robots

Uh oh. It looks like a number of Foxconn workers days in the company are numbered. The founder and chairman of the company, Terry Gou has been reported as saying that Foxconn has plans to replace an unspecified amount of workers with one million robots in three years.

In case you don’t know by now – Foxconn is the manufacturer that manufactures/assembles finished products for Apple, Sony and Nokia devices. Foxconn currently has 10,000 robots and plans to reach 300,000 next year.

With reports of suicides, unhappy workers and explosions happening at Foxconn factories, having an all-robot force might be a good idea. But with around 1.2 million people employed at Foxconn right now, one million robots could cause serious unemployment issues in certain regions, if not in the country of China itself if this trend spreads.

Truth be told, there is also an economic matter that manufacturing plant workers int the west know all too well: as labor cost rise, there is an incentive for companies to turn to robotic automation.

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NASA workers from Houston head to Florida for final space shuttle launch

WATCHING THE CLOCK: The iconic clock at Kennedy Space Center will soon commence the final shuttle launch countdown. Image: NASA/Jim Grossmann. On July 5, if all goes according to plan, the final countdown of the space shuttle program

All three say they are sorry to see the program retire when Atlantis returns from the 135th and final shuttle launch later this month. "It is an amazing machine, probably the most complex space vehicle we will ever build," said John Grunsfeld, 52,

WATCHING THE CLOCK: The iconic clock at Kennedy Space Center will soon commence the final shuttle launch countdown. Image: NASA/Jim Grossmann. On July 5, if all goes according to plan, the final countdown of the space shuttle program

If you are afraid, you're going the final NASA Space Shuttle Launch on Friday to Miss the shuttle, Discovery Science Channel has you covered. The network cable cut together last shuttle. Our travel, air, night at 22.00 and include shots

WATCHING THE CLOCK: The iconic clock at Kennedy Space Center will soon commence the final shuttle launch countdown. Image: NASA/Jim Grossmann. On July 5, if all goes according to plan, the final countdown of the space shuttle program

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