Manufacturing Philosophy ----------------------------- - Fanuc human-less factories - robot cells with 8 HMC's, pallet system, stocker, robots runs 720 hours (30 days) totally unattended. Fanuc has 40 of these. - Foxconn Shenzhen factory http://www.jordanpouille.com/2010/12/22/foxconn-young-workers-christmas/ http://www.lavie.fr/actualite/monde/dans-l-enfer-du-high-tech-chinois-23-12-2010-12724_5.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cL60TYY8oQ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all - so how do we avoid being the people who design products for the 10% rich, to be manufactured by the exploited 30% poor? - Worldbike project - Playpump project