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Foxconn, an electronics manufacturer from Taiwan with huge factories in China, generates about 40 percent of the global consumer electronics revenue by creating things like iPhones and computer components on giant assembly lines staffed by humans. Until recently, you'd probably never heard of Foxconn, but a series of worker suicides made us all take a hard look at where our electronics were coming from. Foxconn has made some improvements (including nets around tall buildings), but by all accounts, the core of the problem (the work) remains "repetitive, exhausting, and alienating." Yesterday, Foxconn announced (at an employee dance party of all places) that they're planning on buying some robots to replace their human workforce. And by some robots, they mean one million robots over the next three years. So for every one robot Foxconn currently has working at their manufacturing plants, they're going to buy a hundred more.

Labvert's location and culture-specific design nuances make for a striking flagship store for German luggage manufacturer Rimowa in Ginza, Tokyo. Check out the full story here…

Artist Marc van Vliet's installation gives us a chance to explore sea life at Wadden Sea up close and personal

There are no limits to what a creative mind can accomplish! Check out this art installation that goes live today and tell us what you think about it!