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Legal Technology and its applications and implications for regulation and practice

June 6, 2020 Geofrey Banzi 0

Reading Time: < 1 minute Are you interested in finding out more about: the applications of Legal Technology to delivering social justice during the Covid 19 pandemic, the ICO’s approach to the regulation of novel IT solutions, such as the […]

Self-Driving Cars Could Become Your Neighborhood Ice Cream Truck
The same tech that enables self-driving cars can provide us with self-driving ice cream trucks.
Lance Eliot, Contributor
Self-Driving Cars Are Subject To Being Towed, Just Like The Rest Of Us
Yes, self-driving cars will be subject to getting towed, which seems counterintuitive but the case is made that it will indeed happen.
Lance Eliot, Contributor
Zipper Merging Is A Frenzied Traffic Squeeze Play On Self-Driving Cars
Zipper merging, whereby cars are shunted into a 2-into-1 lane narrowing, can be especially tough on self-driving cars.
Lance Eliot, Contributor
Top Reasons The Investment Spigot Is Reopening For Self-Driving Cars
Recent spate of investments in self-driving cars is due to key factors that are dovetailing at this moment in time.
Lance Eliot, Contributor

Government response to CMA final report on online platforms and digital advertising market study November 27, 2020
On 27 November 2020, BEIS and DCMS published the government's response to the CMA's final report in its market study into online platforms and digital advertising.
European Commission publishes IP action plan November 26, 2020
The European Commission has published a communication setting out an action plan on intellectual property (IP). The communication discusses a range of reforms, including modernising EU designs legislation, possible reforms to the protection system for geographical indications, optimising the supplementary protection certificates system, to make it more transparent and efficient, and exploring the use of […]
PLC Magazine December 2020: Article on technology disputes: the wave of the future November 26, 2020
PLC Magazine articles are available online. The December 2020 edition includes a feature article on technology disputes which may be of interest to practitioners in the fields of IP and IT and media and telecoms.
Government publishes Telecommunications (Security) Bill November 25, 2020
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published the Telecommunications (Security) Bill 2020.

What's a Semi-Log Plot and How Can You Use It for Covid Data? November 27, 2020
It is very useful for showing data that spans different orders of magnitude—like case numbers in South Korea compared to the numbers in the United States.
Rhett Allain
Does the AstraZeneca Vaccine Also Stop Covid Transmission? November 25, 2020
Vaccines can prevent symptoms, but some can also keep people from spreading infection. That’s critical, and no one knows if the new vaccines do it.
Adam Rogers
Meet the Microbes Living on Da Vinci’s Iconic Sketches November 25, 2020
Think you’ve got an interesting microbiome? Your body ain’t got nothing on what’s accumulated on Leonardo’s drawings over 500 years.
Matt Simon
A New Study About Color Tries to Decode ‘The Brain’s Pantone’ November 24, 2020
How do humans perceive color? An NIH experiment finds a way to measure what happens after light hits the eye—using brain scans.
Sara Harrison
This Squishy 3D-Printed Human Heart Feels Like the Real Thing November 23, 2020
A clever technique allows scientists to scan a heart and reconstruct it in a soup of gelatin. It's like making jello, only way more useful for surgeons.
Matt Simon
The Last, ‘Ultra-Cold’ Mile for Covid-19 Vaccines November 23, 2020
Two vaccines are nearly here—but their unusual storage requirements could deprive the rural areas that need them most. A tech fix might be coming.
Maryn McKenna
Physicists Pin Down the Nuclear Reaction After the Big Bang November 22, 2020
The newly measured rate of a key nuclear fusion process that forged the first atomic nuclei matches the picture of the universe 380,000 years later.
Thomas Lewton
Climate Change Is Intensifying the Tsunami Threat in Alaska November 21, 2020
As glaciers retreat and permafrost thaws, massive landslides threaten coastal communities. Those, in turn, could trigger giant sea waves.
Victoria Petersen
Pfizer Seeks Approval, the CDC Urges Restraint, and More News November 20, 2020
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
Eve Sneider
A Solar-Powered Rocket Might Be Our Interstellar Ticket November 20, 2020
The idea for solar thermal propulsion has been around for decades, but researchers tapped by NASA just conducted a first test.
Daniel Oberhaus

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