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25 Years Ago the Internet Revolution Began, Now Imagine AI in 25 Years
August 27, 2016
25 years ago this month the internet, which until 1991 had been used mostly by the military and academics, was opened up to the wider world via the ‘WorldWideWeb’ developed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. I was trying to think of all the things that would not be here today without the internet and here are a few things: This site. The ability to work from home. The ability to shop and sell goods/services remotely, from buying and selling shares, to buying gifts on Amazon or booking a holiday. ...
August 27, 2016
25 years ago this month the internet, which until 1991 had been used mostly by the military and academics, was opened up to the wider world via the ‘WorldWideWeb’ developed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. I was trying to think of all the things that would not be here today without the internet and here are a few things: This site. The ability to work from home. The ability to shop and sell goods/services remotely, from buying and selling shares, to buying gifts on Amazon or booking a holiday. ...
Pneumatic Octopus is First Soft, Solo Robot
August 27, 2016
US engineers have built the first ever self-contained, completely soft robot - in the shape of a small octopus. Made from silicone gels of varying stiffness, the "octobot" is powered by a chemical reaction that pushes gas through chambers in its rubbery legs. Because of this design, the robot does not need batteries or wires - and contains no rigid components at all. Instead, a sequence of limb movements is pre-programmed into a sort of circuit board built from tiny pipes. These...
August 27, 2016
US engineers have built the first ever self-contained, completely soft robot - in the shape of a small octopus. Made from silicone gels of varying stiffness, the "octobot" is powered by a chemical reaction that pushes gas through chambers in its rubbery legs. Because of this design, the robot does not need batteries or wires - and contains no rigid components at all. Instead, a sequence of limb movements is pre-programmed into a sort of circuit board built from tiny pipes. These...
The Overview Effect
August 18, 2016
The Skylab 4 crew was experiencing a phenomenon known as the overview effect, which refers to the intense emotional reaction that can be triggered by the sight of the earth from beyond its atmosphere. Sam Durrance, who flew on two shuttle missions, described the feeling like this: “You’ve seen pictures and you’ve heard people talk about it. But nothing can prepare you for what it actually looks like. The Earth is dramatically beautiful when you see it from orbit, more beautiful than...
August 18, 2016
The Skylab 4 crew was experiencing a phenomenon known as the overview effect, which refers to the intense emotional reaction that can be triggered by the sight of the earth from beyond its atmosphere. Sam Durrance, who flew on two shuttle missions, described the feeling like this: “You’ve seen pictures and you’ve heard people talk about it. But nothing can prepare you for what it actually looks like. The Earth is dramatically beautiful when you see it from orbit, more beautiful than...
Klerman on ICANN’s UDRP & Bias
August 17, 2016
Daniel M. Klerman (USC Gould School of Law) has posted Forum Selling and Domain-Name Disputes (Loyola University Chicago...
August 17, 2016
Daniel M. Klerman (USC Gould School of Law) has posted Forum Selling and Domain-Name Disputes (Loyola University Chicago...
Judge Restricts Lawyers from Researching Jurors Online
August 16, 2016
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the lawyers in a prominent copyright suit may not research the public social media posts of their prospective jurors—unless they fully disclose the extent of that research to each juror involved. Faced with such a choice, both counsel accepted the court’s proposed ban. Oracle Am., Inc. v. Google, Inc. The court’s order pushes back on a fairly standard litigation practice—trial counsel quietly examining...
August 16, 2016
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the lawyers in a prominent copyright suit may not research the public social media posts of their prospective jurors—unless they fully disclose the extent of that research to each juror involved. Faced with such a choice, both counsel accepted the court’s proposed ban. Oracle Am., Inc. v. Google, Inc. The court’s order pushes back on a fairly standard litigation practice—trial counsel quietly examining...
Google is Expanding its Tests on the Way to Blanketing the US in Super-Fast Wireless Internet
August 14, 2016
A new filing with the Federal Communications Commission reveals how seriously Google is focusing on its plans for a wireless version of Fiber, its high-speed internet service. The company has been testing a new wireless-transmission technology using the 3.5-GHz band in Kansas City, but the heavily redacted FCC filing suggests that it wants to dramatically expand to testing "experimental transmitters" at up to 24 US locations, including Provo, Utah, Omaha, Nebraska, and Boulder, Colorado, for a period...
August 14, 2016
A new filing with the Federal Communications Commission reveals how seriously Google is focusing on its plans for a wireless version of Fiber, its high-speed internet service. The company has been testing a new wireless-transmission technology using the 3.5-GHz band in Kansas City, but the heavily redacted FCC filing suggests that it wants to dramatically expand to testing "experimental transmitters" at up to 24 US locations, including Provo, Utah, Omaha, Nebraska, and Boulder, Colorado, for a period...
High-Tech Legal Startup Considered for Incentives After Austin-to-SA Move
August 8, 2016
Easy Expunctions uses a patented method to file requests to expunge criminal record on behalf of clients for less than a traditional...
August 8, 2016
Easy Expunctions uses a patented method to file requests to expunge criminal record on behalf of clients for less than a traditional...
Hailo sells 60% to Daimler as it Merges with MyTaxi
August 6, 2016
“What’s starting to happen in this industry is that you are starting to see the emergence of regional winners and funding is starting to happen for those, whether they are Ola or Grab or Lyft,” he continued. “And while our plan and targets resonated with the investment community, we were both going to them with the same story, which is that we both wanted to be European number one.” Hailo’s move to Daimler is part of a wider trend that has seen big stakes taken by several other carmakers...
August 6, 2016
“What’s starting to happen in this industry is that you are starting to see the emergence of regional winners and funding is starting to happen for those, whether they are Ola or Grab or Lyft,” he continued. “And while our plan and targets resonated with the investment community, we were both going to them with the same story, which is that we both wanted to be European number one.” Hailo’s move to Daimler is part of a wider trend that has seen big stakes taken by several other carmakers...
But What About Lawyers? A Q&A With Richard Susskind on AI in Law
July 30, 2016
Scholar and lecturer Susskind predicts that artificial intelligence in law will take off in the 2020s. Among those curious about the technology’s impact on the profession is Richard Susskind, a scholar and lecturer whose work includes “The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services.’” In his view, AI “really takes off” in the 2020s, and until then won’t go mainstream. And while he finds it funny that lawyers think “AI is on the way” for them in the next few years,...
July 30, 2016
Scholar and lecturer Susskind predicts that artificial intelligence in law will take off in the 2020s. Among those curious about the technology’s impact on the profession is Richard Susskind, a scholar and lecturer whose work includes “The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services.’” In his view, AI “really takes off” in the 2020s, and until then won’t go mainstream. And while he finds it funny that lawyers think “AI is on the way” for them in the next few years,...
Southwest Airlines – Cyberattack or Failed Disaster Recovery?
July 24, 2016
Computerworld‘s entitles “Southwest Airlines delays flights after computer issues” included this comment: Southwest did not immediately respond to a request for information on what the technology problem was. It said in the statement that it had a team of experts working to resolve the technical issues and the systems were gradually coming back online. The team of experts may conclude that there was a cyberattack since IT backups and restoration are not designed to fail!
July 24, 2016
Computerworld‘s entitles “Southwest Airlines delays flights after computer issues” included this comment: Southwest did not immediately respond to a request for information on what the technology problem was. It said in the statement that it had a team of experts working to resolve the technical issues and the systems were gradually coming back online. The team of experts may conclude that there was a cyberattack since IT backups and restoration are not designed to fail!
