Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Developing Technology (part 2)


In the recent sci-fi movie, “Edge of Tomorrow,” soldiers wear robotic suits that give them enhanced strength and mobility, not to mention integrated weaponry. South Korean shipyard workers are already using “exo-suits” that allow them increased strength, though these suits are still in their very early stages. Imagine what we could do with this technology if developed further! Risks to workers could be reduced with the use of exo-suits, new athletic events could emerge, and of course the military will find ways for exo-suits to enhance our soldiers . Instead of handing over all of our jobs to robots in the future, we can utilize exo-suit technology to perform some of the same tasks, but with human operators making human decisions. Exo-suits could potentially save countless jobs, plus, producing the exo-suits themselves would create even more jobs. A lot of doomsayers are predicting that robots will take over 1/3 of our jobs in the future, but perhaps we can cut that number down significantly with exo-suits?

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