Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots. Production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80%

Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots. Production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80%

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After a factory in Dongguan, China, replaced most of its workers with robots, it witnessed a spectacular rise in productivity.

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Let it pour: Rain Room to stay in Los Angeles

Let it pour: Rain Room to stay in Los Angeles

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Random International’s Rain Room, the large-scale, interactive installation in which visitors experience an artificial downpour but never get wet, has been acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma).

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Calatrava’s New £1 Billion Project For London Will Change The Skyline

Calatrava’s New £1 Billion Project For London Will Change The Skyline

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Spanish-born architect Santiago Calatrava has designed a 24 metre-high (79ft) glass arcade with “winter garden” atrium for the complex, which will be topped by three towers, each rising more than 30 storeys above North Greenwich station, which is to be renamed Greenwich Peninsula.

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What Is Critical Thinking, Anyway?

What Is Critical Thinking, Anyway?

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The longer I teach (I’m now in my 32nd year) the more I’m convinced that the best thing we can do for our students is help them learn to think for themselves.

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Increasingly, Creative People Are Turning To Analog Over Digital

Increasingly, Creative People Are Turning To Analog Over Digital

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The virtues of digital turn out to be the vices as well. Having all the music on earth at your instant disposal turns out to be almost the same as having none; Spotify’s playlists show people picking the same tunes over and over.

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High on the Apocalypse: Team Orwell is rooting for the end of the world

High on the Apocalypse: Team Orwell is rooting for the end of the world

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I’ve watched the ozone layer disappear, the whole world frying unprotected under the gaze of the sun, all human life lost. I’ve watched a man climb the glacier that used to be New York City, and I’ve watched sentient machines take apart the city of Chicago. I’ve watched society crumble, leaving only a teenager to save us.

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Better Shelter wins Design Museum's Beazley Designs of the Year

Better Shelter wins Design Museum's Beazley Designs of the Year

exhibition until 19 February '17

Better Shelter is a social enterprise driven by a mission to improve the lives of persons displaced by armed conflicts and natural disasters. Aiming to be the leader in emergency and temporary shelter innovation, they continuously develop their products together with partners, customers and, most importantly, the people who live in the shelters.

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