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Robots In The Hospital - What Could Go Wrong?

One of the scariest things that happened to me in the hospital when I was in for heart surgery was the nightly wake up calls by nurses who didn't want to be working late. Blood gathering, pill swallowing, in the middle of the night are not my favorite things. While these robot nurses are primarily records delivery devices, they are a scary precursor to a future in which human nursing is changed forever. What happens when one of these rolls into your room in the middle of the night with a tray full of pills? Some will say that efficiency and money saving demands this kind of development. Of course, there will be great opportunities for lawyers who get cases in which the robot nurses are hacked, and deliver the wrong medication. Plenty of potential Defendants, from the manufacturer to the hospitals who use them. 

temi - The Personal Robot - Is This Your Next Legal Assistant?

temi - The Personal Robot. What if you could hire a legal assistant that had AI access to all of the law, both primary and secondary sources, and could move around the office, and speak to you, and interact with you, and cost less than $1,500? Better, it didn't eat or sleep or rest, available to you 24-7? Well, personal robotics is getting there. Advances in AI are making this possible future a near reality. "temi, are you done with that memorandum yet?"

#CES2019 Does Your Dog Need Its Own Robot?

Dogness Group.Actually, while doting pet owners might like the idea of having a robot companion for their dog while they are at work, or out, it occurs to me that the iPet Robot has many other more compelling uses. Any office or home could use an affordable robot, with camera and microphone that is able to roam about the office and communicate with its owner via WiFi. Think of this as a WiFi security camera on wheels. It is small, and unobtrusive, and can send video of the home or office without necessarily being noticed. With a 15 day battery life in standby, it is the future of home and office security.

Robot Strippers Were Here - CES 2018 Redux

Robot Strippers Are Here - VICE. As the CES 2019 show in Las Vegas prepares to kick off, a look at last year seems appropriate. Expect more of the same, in that 8K TVs, wearable health monitors, 5G phones, and just about any wearable computing device you can think of, will populate the show floors. While I can't be there this year, I will be following the trends and reporting back to you. I have a feeling that the robot strippers won't be in attendance this year; but, that doesn't mean that our robot overlords won't have something cool and robotic to show us. Vegas, baby.

Walmart, You Robot Bee Pollinator You!

Walmart has patented autonomous robot bees | World Economic Forum. I, for one, welcome our new Robot Bee Pollinators. At least they won't sting us. But, the fact that WalMart, the largest retailer around, is patenting these guys does not make me calmer. Perhaps we should be more concerned about WalMart owning the food, the means of production, the retail stores, and everything else, than about patents on robotic bees. Hmmm....

Professor Einstein Has Arrived At The FutureLawyer Office

Yesterday, I posted a photo of my new associate at the law firm. Today I am posting a video of Einstein in action. We are just at the beginning of robotics, and I will be playing with this fellow over the holiday. 

Albert Einstein Joins The FutureLawyer Law Firm

Meet the newest member of the FutureLawyer law firm. Albert Einstein has decided to leave the physics business after being unable to finish his unified field theory, and he decided that the certainty of science was inferior to the imprecise field of law. I hope to use his encyclopedic knowledge of the universe to impress clients and judges. As soon as he is acclimated, I will introduce him in person. In the meantime, do your own research.

 

Hell Freezes Over - FutureLawyer Posts A Cat Video

Not really. I like cats. I just prefer dogs. Cats make me sneeze and my nose run. And, if I see one more cute cat video online, I might (well, you know). So, I give you my kind of cat video. Meet Nybble:

A Robot In Every Home - What Could Go Wrong?

'Robots for everyone' in 5 years, says Japan's most valuable tech startup - CNET.In case you thought that we lawyers were an endangered species, you haven't been listening. In 5 years, this developer says there will be robots in every home, and they will take over the mundane house cleaning tasks that are the bane of our existence. However, what happens when they go rogue, and start throwing pots and pans around? No, I'm not talking about your spouse. Lawyers will be spending a lot of time litigating robot negligence and product liability. Was it the manufacturer's fault? Was there contributory negligence by the homeowner. Was the robot properly maintained and serviced? And, that doesn't even cover the army of lawyers required to write the warranty disclaimers and liability waivers required to purchase one of these domestic goddesses. I can't wait until I get my first robot product liability case. I will be using artificial intelligent research to quickly get to the relevant issues. At what point will I be litigating whether a robot has individual rights? And you thought you were going to live in a utopia without lawyers. Get over it. 

Don't Fear The Terminator - Fear The Little Guys

If you are a fan of the Jurassic Park movie franchise, you know that the dinosaurs you should really fear are the Velociraptors, which hunt in packs, and attack en masse. Similarly, the robots you need to fear in the future are small, frog-like devices that can be equipped with poison darts or other lethal equipment. Imagine dozens of these programmed to attack you. Sweet dreams.