"The idea of working from 3-D information to 3-D construction is one of the key areas of research, working from body scan data and then linking that up to a knittingmachine, " says Black.
The disappearing jobs list also reflects the continuing long-term decline of no- and low-skilled manufacturing jobs in the U.S.--sewing machine operators, engine assemblers, machine tool setters, home appliance repairers and textile knittingmachine operators.