>Cool technology, though. Anything that reduces the necessity of people to work unpleasant jobs seems like generally a good thing. The problem there though is

>Cool technology, though. Anything that reduces the necessity of people to work unpleasant jobs seems like generally a good thing. The problem there though is that companies like FedEx and UPS employ a lot of college students. Historically a part time handler position, at least here in Indiana, pays 2-3x minimum wage with sort operations frequently at night allowing people to work part time and make a nice chunk of change while going to school during the day. I'd say in Indy 60% of my high school class worked as a handler for FedEx at some point in the first few years after turning 18 because of that. Sure, it's going to save a lot of wear and tear on people's bodies but when minimum wage is $7.25 and a package handler here in central Indiana will start around $18.45 part time... sometimes people are willing to bust their butts for one reason or another.