What Is the Impact of Automation?

by Roman Espejo

Book Overview

Technology is meant to help make things easier by eliminating steps or whole tasks altogether. In practice this leads to some problematic consequences. When people lose their jobs to robots which are able to do them faster and more precisely, it saves an employer time and money, but it also means that someone's skills and livelihood are obsolete. On the other hand, automation is a positive element to various groups. Can smart houses help the elderly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737739452
• ISBN13: 9780737739459
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12