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Perhaps the most far-reaching changes in automated work will be in the area of drafting and design. Computer-Aided Design1 (CAD) was developed in the 1960s with the growing use of computer technology as an information system. The development of the mini- and micro-computers significantly contributed to its application in engineering design and manufacturing.
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Government Accounting Office, Advances in Automation Prompt Concern Over Increased US Unemployment, 25 May 1982, p. 33.
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Giordano, L. (1992). Automation and the Design Process: Drafters. In: Beyond Taylorism. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22235-3_7
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