Following my retirement, we have closed our company for new business.
Please do not hesitate to contact me directly, our email portal remains open and I would be delighted to hear from you and provide ongoing support or advice.
Richard Thomson
support@rta-instruments.com
Companies represented up to the end of December 2023. Please now contact them directly.
k-Space Associates, Inc.
Phone: +1 (734) 426-7977
requestinfo@k-space.com
https://www.k-space.com
STAIB INSTRUMENTS GmbH
Phone: +49 8761 76 24 0
sales@staibinstruments.com
https://www.staibinstruments.com/
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Softwear
The US military need for stealth bombers and smart munitions I can understand but automated garment manufacturing? US agency DARPA has just awarded a contract with the stated goal of having complete production facilities that produce garments with zero direct labour. The $1.25 million funding is to create a beta unit at SoftWear Automation, Inc. to develop a numerically controlled sewing machine that tracks fabric movement by observing passing threads and under servo control moves the fabric under the needle stitch by stitch. But with an estimated annual military clothing budget estimated at $4 billion the potential savings from an automated sweatshop are real and probably avoid unpleasant human rights, poverty wage discussions.
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