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Re:Robot sewing machines could make 'made in China' obsolete by danmaz74 on Monday June 11, 2012 @03:25AM (#4093544)
Am I the only one surprised to see that this kind of research is financed by the Pentagon? What kind of military application does it have?
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Re:Robot sewing machines could make 'made in China' obsolete by mbreese on Monday June 11, 2012 @03:29AM (#4093554)
The military does buy a lot of clothes. So, anything that they could do to reduce the cost of military garments would be worthwhile to them.
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Re:Robot sewing machines could make 'made in China' obsolete by SudarshanP on Monday June 11, 2012 @06:54AM (#4093980)
The Military Clothing industry is a 4 billion dollar industry. Source: http://prospect.org/article/sweatshop-army-0

No wonder they want their stuff cheaper.

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Re:Robot sewing machines could make 'made in China' obsolete by adventureful on Monday June 11, 2012 @03:29AM (#4093553)
Cheaper military supplies through robotic manufacturing (bullets, garments, bandages, you name it).

Military robots that build other military robots.

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