EP 2: Robots Gone Wild!

SHOW NOTES:

Read below or online at: http://bit.ly/2tPtqV6

Tech 2025 did a special workshop at Design Manufacturing Expo 2017 (a conference produced by UBM that focused 3D printing, industrial robots, and medical technologies) on hacking industrial robots: “Hacking Industrial Robots in the IoT Factories of the Future: Are Companies Prepared for the Risks?” with guest speakers Marcello Poglian, Politiecnico Di Milano (Milan, Italy) and our very own Ed Maguire. We discuss the awesome (and not so awesome) moments at the event, get expert insight from Ed on why everyone should be concerned about industrial IoT and discuss whether the event was something the general public would enjoy and learn a lot from (which was one of the goals of the event producers in inviting Tech 2025 to present a workshop).

The blog post recap on Design Manufacturing Expo (by Eric Legaspi) can be read on our Medium blog here: http://bit.ly/medtechpost

Charlie discusses the new documentary film she saw, Complicit (a film about how Foxconn workers in Chinese factories are fighting for workers rights) and how she questioned the filmmakers (during a post-screening Q&A) on how robots automation will impact the workers. Info on the film here: http://bit.ly/2uHAhzZ

RESOURCES WE SHARE:

From Ed:

Future Crimes: Inside the Digital Underground and the Battle for Our Connected World, a book by Marc Goodman – futurecrimesbook.com/ A must-read report published by the World Economic Forum: The Fourth Industrial Revolution (if you want to understand how manufacturing is changing around the world) — http://bit.ly/2uHKHzX A report that came out in January by McKinsey Global Institute on the impact of robotics on future employment: The Future That Works

From Charlie:

Connect with eCommerce experts at the New York eCommerce Forum where many of their events discuss manufacturing and how emerging technologies are changing their business. Hyper-local micromanufacturing is growing. In New York, Futureworks NYC is a new network of advanced manufacturing shops that provides entrepreneurs opportunities to manufacture their ideas, resources and support. futureworks.nyc A must-read: “ The First Time America Freaked Out Over Automation – It was the late 1950s, and the problem was solved quickly. But the same strains beneath the surface still haunt us.”   http://politi.co/2uHKxsk Upcoming Tech 2025 Event: “23 Guidelines to Avoid an AI Apocalypse According to Industry Experts” http://bit.ly/23guidelines SPONSOR:

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