When Apps Attack
My colleague Yoshi told me an interesting story the other day. He looked down at his smart phone to find a large spider running across it. Understandably, my colleague dropped the phone in surprise....
View ArticleWhy Now Is A Good Time To Apply To Law School
Fewer people are applying to law school. They worry there will be no job waiting for them on the other side. And, indeed, some recent graduates are having a terrible time of it. Often, though, you...
View ArticleOfficeMax Letter To 'Daughter Killed In Car Crash' Could Be Privacy's Whale Song
The anti-whaling movement failed and failed, until it didn’t. The movement took off when, in the late nineteen-sixties, scientists and others began to identify and record whale songs. Hearing those...
View ArticleEven (Some) Law Firms Think Robots Are The Next Big Thing
I am proud to say that I helped found the Robot Block Party in Silicon Valley. Now in its fifth year, the event brings together industry, academia, and the hobbyist community to demo robots in...
View ArticleDrones: 1, FAA: 0
An administrative judge invalidated a fine yesterday against an individual who used a small drone for the commercial purpose of taking and selling photographs. The decision has been heralded,...
View ArticleCan You Sue A Robot For Defamation?
Life moves pretty fast. Especially for journalists. When an earthquake aftershock shakes America's second largest city, news outlets scramble to be the first to cover the story. Today the news itself...
View ArticleCould Jibo Developer Cynthia Breazeal Be The Steve Wozniak Of Robots?
VideoBill Gates once predicted we would have a robot in every home to go with our personal computer. James Temple of <re/code> is calling Jibo—a new personal robot to be sold commercially in...
View ArticleA Robot Really Committed A Crime: Now What?
It is always fun, and sometimes worrying, to see imagination come to life. I was on a panel last year at UC Berkeley around robotics and law. We talked about some of the conundrums robots and...
View ArticleHow The FAA's Proposed Drone Rules Will Affect What You Care About
The Federal Aviation Administration announced its proposal this morning for what rules should govern small unmanned aerial systems, meaning drones 55 pounds or lighter. We do not know how long it will...
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