Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, February 02, 2012

FoxConn planning to build intelligent robot factory

The parent of iPhone manufacturer FoxConn has formalised plans to build an automated factory in Taiwan. Hon Hai Precision Industry Company's Chairman Terry Gou has signed a letter of intent with Taichung Mayor Jason Hu outlining plans to construct an 'intelligent robotics kingdom' in the Central Taiwan Science Park over the next few years.

In July, Gou told workers at an event that the company were planning to introduce three million robots in order to perform simple procedures, cut rising labour costs and improve operational efficiency. In addition, replacing human workers with robots could also be seen as a measure to reduce the amount of well-publicised suicides at FoxConn's manufacturing facilities.

This plan now seems to be gaining traction with Gou also presiding over a ground-breaking ceremony for an intelligent robotics technology research facility and the inauguration of a FoxConn factory dedicated to the development and production of automation equipment. President Ma Ying-Jeou also attended the ceremony in support of Hon Hai's continued investment in Taiwan.

The ambitious project will look to generate around $4 billion in production value within the next five years, creating 2,000 jobs in the process.

Hon Hai's subsidiary FoxConn is one of the world's biggest electronics sub-contractors with clients including Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Sony and Nintendo. The company plans to invest around $224 million in this latest project.  

Original Article
Source: manufacturing digital 
Author: Christopher Davies  
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