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Ep.10

How Sewing Robots May Put Human Hands Out of Work | Moving Upstream

As automation at last comes to the garment industry, what will happen to the millions of jobs it provides around the world?

By Jason Bellini

Automation is finally coming into fashion, with sewing robots that can produce clothes faster than human hands. In this episode of Moving Upstream, WSJ’s Jason Bellini takes a look at the latest technology and what it means for the 60 million people who work in the garment industry. Photo: Ismail Ferdous for The Wall Street Journal

Moving Upstream

WSJ's Jason Bellini explores the trends, technologies, ideas and challenges that are headed our way in this video series. In each episode, we visit the places, and meet the people who can help us to better understand what's upstream.

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