11.12.2009
By: SAP TV
Worn directly on the body, intelligent IT can support processes in production and commissioning. See how this future technology, which is based on SAP NetWeaver Mobile, is already tested at Daimler AG in Mannheim. The new technology is part of the SiWear research project, which is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Partners are SAP Research, Daimler AG, teXXmo GmbH, The Mobile Research Center and Neo Business Partners GmbH.
The con is that now you can be replaced by someone who needs less training and experience, which will drive wages down.
Jennifer (23.02.2010, 23:16)
The technology is amazing but in the instance highlighted in the video it does really seem to be about making drones. With the device that tells you what and how many to pick you really need to know nothing - totally interchangeable workers with no knowledge. The picker even said something himself that highlighted that idea, something like "you don't have to keep your concentration up all the time and you can rely on it".