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TITLE: |
What is the impact of automation? / Roman Espejo, Book editor |
SERIES: |
At issue. Technology |
PUBLISHED: |
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008. |
DESCRIPTION: |
116 p. ; 24 cm. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111) and index. |
NOTES: |
What is automation? / |r Thomas B. Sheridan -- |t Automation contributes to problems of abundance and scarcity / |r Jim Pinto -- |t Automation signals the robotics revolution / |r Marshall Brain -- |t Expanding automation benefits the economy / |r Donald A. Vincent -- |t Automation and advancing technologies threaten labor / |r Dan Jacoby -- |t Automation threatens manufacturing jobs more than outsourcing / |r Wes Iversen -- |t Automation benefits agriculture / |r John K. Schueller -- |t Traditional farming should not be overlooked / |r John Ikerd -- |t Health care management can benefit from automation / |r Avi Hoffer -- |t Health care management may not benefit from automation / |r Barry Chaiken -- |t Smart homes can assist the lives of the elderly / |r Institute for the future -- |t Smart homes should help the elderly be mentally and physically active / |r Stephen S. Intille -- |t Organizations to contact. |
SUBJECT: |
Automation--Economic aspects. |
SUBJECT: |
Automation --Social aspects. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Espejo, Roman, 1977- |
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