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NASA Launches Technology Spinoff iPad App
June 24, 2013
Forget space missions, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration launches more apps than any government agency in the galaxy. While sequester cuts threaten to cramp the space agency's style in orbit and beyond, NASA's multimedia multiverse rockets ahead, expanding in May with the release of yet another new iPad app, Spinoff 2012. From the Office of the Chief Technologist, Spinoff 2012 showcases dozens of the latest supercool space agency spinoffs — technologies developed by NASA and transferred...
June 24, 2013
Forget space missions, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration launches more apps than any government agency in the galaxy. While sequester cuts threaten to cramp the space agency's style in orbit and beyond, NASA's multimedia multiverse rockets ahead, expanding in May with the release of yet another new iPad app, Spinoff 2012. From the Office of the Chief Technologist, Spinoff 2012 showcases dozens of the latest supercool space agency spinoffs — technologies developed by NASA and transferred...
Supreme Court Confidential
June 23, 2013
All rise and download the latest iOS version of PocketJustice. If it seems like years since the debut of PocketJustice (www.pocketjustice.com) hit the iTunes store and quickly positioned itself as a top-shelf mobile multimedia resource for constitutional law, that's because it was way back in early 2010 when the Oyez Project, now at Chicago-Kent College of Law, first released the jammin' app delivering audio of Supreme Court arguments to smartphones. PocketJustice presents audio from more than...
June 23, 2013
All rise and download the latest iOS version of PocketJustice. If it seems like years since the debut of PocketJustice (www.pocketjustice.com) hit the iTunes store and quickly positioned itself as a top-shelf mobile multimedia resource for constitutional law, that's because it was way back in early 2010 when the Oyez Project, now at Chicago-Kent College of Law, first released the jammin' app delivering audio of Supreme Court arguments to smartphones. PocketJustice presents audio from more than...
Android Apps in One Hour
June 23, 2013
Attorneys often find themselves operating in separate camps, such as plaintiff-defendant, prosecution-defense, civil-criminal, private-public and, perhaps most contentiously, Android-iPhone. While both iPhones and Androids deliver a smartphone experience that keeps attorneys connected wherever they go, each platform takes a unique and sometimes idiosyncratic approach to features and capabilities. These differences have helped build strong user loyalties in both camps. Yet times are changing....
June 23, 2013
Attorneys often find themselves operating in separate camps, such as plaintiff-defendant, prosecution-defense, civil-criminal, private-public and, perhaps most contentiously, Android-iPhone. While both iPhones and Androids deliver a smartphone experience that keeps attorneys connected wherever they go, each platform takes a unique and sometimes idiosyncratic approach to features and capabilities. These differences have helped build strong user loyalties in both camps. Yet times are changing....
Few Federal Courts Use Social Media, Survey Says
June 22, 2013
To what extent do federal courts use social media to communicate with the public or for other purposes? Not much, concluded a recent survey of federal court clerks. The survey found that out of the 135 courts that responded, just 21 (15.6%) used social media. Seventeen others said that they planned to start using social media at some point in the future. The survey was sent to clerks of court in the federal system, including circuit courts of appeal, district courts, bankruptcy courts and special...
June 22, 2013
To what extent do federal courts use social media to communicate with the public or for other purposes? Not much, concluded a recent survey of federal court clerks. The survey found that out of the 135 courts that responded, just 21 (15.6%) used social media. Seventeen others said that they planned to start using social media at some point in the future. The survey was sent to clerks of court in the federal system, including circuit courts of appeal, district courts, bankruptcy courts and special...
Android or iOS Phone?
June 22, 2013
Attorneys often find themselves in? separate camps, such as plaintiff/defendant, civil/criminal, prosecution/device, and, perhaps most contentiously, Android/iOS smartphone. While Apple Inc.'s and Google Inc.'s smartphones keep attorneys connected, each takes a sometimes idiosyncratic approach to features and capabilities, building strong user loyalties. Both phones have changed over the past year, prompting some to switch camps to take advantage of improvements, such as a larger display or stronger...
June 22, 2013
Attorneys often find themselves in? separate camps, such as plaintiff/defendant, civil/criminal, prosecution/device, and, perhaps most contentiously, Android/iOS smartphone. While Apple Inc.'s and Google Inc.'s smartphones keep attorneys connected, each takes a sometimes idiosyncratic approach to features and capabilities, building strong user loyalties. Both phones have changed over the past year, prompting some to switch camps to take advantage of improvements, such as a larger display or stronger...
Texas to Offer Tax Breaks to Data Center Operators
June 22, 2013
State lawmakers have approved a plan to offer tax incentives to companies that open data centers throughout the state, as part of a move to attract more technology companies and capital investment to Texas. Texas had long been a preferred location for large data centers given its central location, economic climate, reliable electric grid, historically low occurrences of natural disasters, educated workforce and pro-business environment, proponents of the measure say. However, Texas began falling...
June 22, 2013
State lawmakers have approved a plan to offer tax incentives to companies that open data centers throughout the state, as part of a move to attract more technology companies and capital investment to Texas. Texas had long been a preferred location for large data centers given its central location, economic climate, reliable electric grid, historically low occurrences of natural disasters, educated workforce and pro-business environment, proponents of the measure say. However, Texas began falling...
Revolutionary Mutterings from Stanford’s FutureLaw Conference: The Machines Are Coming
June 21, 2013
It's hard enough to get lawyers to agree about things happening right now. Getting them to agree about the future? That's impossible. So it's no surprise that there were many different views of the future at Stanford's FutureLaw Conference. The event, hosted by the "CodeX" Center for Legal Informatics, brought together a broad mix of legal, technology, business, academic and finance people for a busy day of future-gazing. What follows is my personal take on the conference highlights and some impressions...
June 21, 2013
It's hard enough to get lawyers to agree about things happening right now. Getting them to agree about the future? That's impossible. So it's no surprise that there were many different views of the future at Stanford's FutureLaw Conference. The event, hosted by the "CodeX" Center for Legal Informatics, brought together a broad mix of legal, technology, business, academic and finance people for a busy day of future-gazing. What follows is my personal take on the conference highlights and some impressions...
This Robot Learns to Pour Beer by Predicting Your Future
June 21, 2013
Have you ever dreamed of owning a personal robot servant to pour your beers for you? The idea is now one step closer to reality. Researchers at Cornell University have programmed a robot that can predict what you’re about to do and offer up a helping hand. Using a Microsoft Kinect sensor, the robot watches your body movements. Then, it accesses a video database of about 120 household activities — ranging from putting food in the microwave, eating, brushing teeth, making cereal, and yes, pouring...
June 21, 2013
Have you ever dreamed of owning a personal robot servant to pour your beers for you? The idea is now one step closer to reality. Researchers at Cornell University have programmed a robot that can predict what you’re about to do and offer up a helping hand. Using a Microsoft Kinect sensor, the robot watches your body movements. Then, it accesses a video database of about 120 household activities — ranging from putting food in the microwave, eating, brushing teeth, making cereal, and yes, pouring...
Stanford Law is a Hotbed for Tech Startups and Legal Entrepreneurs
June 20, 2013
Taking a cue from the academic origins of many Silicon Valley inventors, Stanford Law School has become an incubator for legal...
June 20, 2013
Taking a cue from the academic origins of many Silicon Valley inventors, Stanford Law School has become an incubator for legal...
Facebook “Friendship” Alone Does Not Require Recusal in Texas
June 18, 2013
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of Texas, located in Dallas, held last week that a trial judge's undisclosed Facebook ...
June 18, 2013
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of Texas, located in Dallas, held last week that a trial judge's undisclosed Facebook ...
