Tech and Law Center just turned 4! We would not be here without the great support of all our team and all the people who believed in our potential and capacities. We prepared a brief overview of these 4 years’ activities and it is available here. If you wish to know more and be involved […]
The ILLBuster experience represents a perfect example of a winning European collaboration around a burning issue: the Prevention of and Fight Against Crime. ILLBuster is a project funded by the European Commission (DG-HOME), which final results were presented during the ILLBuster Final Workshop and Networking Event (January 29, Cagliari, TISCALI Auditorium premises). The event, to […]
An Exclusive Tech and Law Center Interview with UN and ISO experts in Robots and Regulation, thanks to our distinguished fellow Dr. Yueh-Hsuan Weng, ROBOLAW.ASIA Initiative Thank you very much for accepting this interview! Can you please tell us a bit about your background. What led you to become involved in robot ethics […]
Abstract Pepper the robot, developed by SoftBank and manufactured by Foxconn, is able to socially interact with human beings based on its emotion reading and learning capabilities. It even has a biomorphic shape, just like us. However, recently a Pepper robot was attacked by a drunkard in Japan in September 2015. This incident is worth […]
What is ‘Moments’ Our daily life is continuously captured by digital photographs that are often shared with other people and uploaded on online social networks (OSN). To help make this easier Newsroom Facebook recently announced a new standalone app called ‘Moments’. This app is able to group photos taken on smart-phones and uses facial […]
Tech and Law Center goes to EXPO: what we will be talking about… Internet of (Every) Things and Robotics: the Future of Privacy and Security The interaction between physical objects and sensors connected to Internet makes it possible to exchange information in a manner which has never previously been possible anywhere in the world and […]
Tech and Law oggi sarà presente a e-privacy XVII (2015) La trasparenza e la privacy con un talk di Giuseppe Vaciago su “Cyber security e Robotics: una sfida ancora poco conosciuta”. Ecco un breve descrizione dell’intervento: L’estrema rapidità con cui in questi ultimi anni la robotica si è sviluppata non ha consentito di valutare adeguatamente sia […]
Tech and Law Center is happy to announce that Marco Mendola, for his dedication to the Association, his contribution with passion and the loyalty to his fellow members, has been awarded official fellow of the Center. Marco is a researcher in IT Law. He is Adv. LL.M. Candidate in Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden […]
FACTS At the end of 2013, changes were made to the “Wassenaar Arrangement” (WA) (on the Export Control for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use of Goods and Technologies) including references to “zero days”, computer exploits and other software categories (e.g. “intrusion software”) under its controlled exports. These changes took place after the U.S. government allegedly […]