Pentagon dishes out $1.3 million to develop unmanned sewing machineJune 7, 2012 - 20:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Pentagon’s venture capital arm has dished out $1.3 million to technology developer Softwear Automation to build an unmanned sewing machine, documents reveal, according to Mashable. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-supported experiment seeks to help the garment manufacturing industry reduce its reliance on assembly line workers. The funding would go into development of a “numerically controlled sewing machine” that counts threads in fabric to automatically shift garments under construction as stitches are executed by a computer program, a contract notice states. The goal is to create an industrial process of making clothes without an actual machine operator. Softwear Automation is the brainchild of Steve Dickerson, a robotics and engineering researcher. According to the contract document, “Complete production facilities that produce garments with zero direct labor is the ultimate goal.” Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |