“The Future is Now:” New Opportunities and Risks from New Science and Technology

This week brings another example of how quickly science and technology are providing new opportunities and risks related to new products and/or liability risks.  Specifically, here’s a December 21, 2016 article from Weil explaining where things are going – quickly – on vehicles and technology as NHTSA tosses out proposed tules on vehicles being able to “talk” to each other to avoid crashes, etc. The title explains: The Future is Now: NHTSA Proposes Rule Requiring Cars to “Talk” to Each OtherThe Future is Now: NHTSA Proposes Rule Requiring Cars to “Talk” to Each Other .