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The Self-Driving Trolley Problem You have two options:  1. Crash a car, killing a woman and a child. 2. Run over four men who are crossing a road at a red light.  How do you decide? Do you save the greatest number of lives, no matter what? Or do you give preference based on age, or gende... AI can read your poker face News emerged last week that the EU is set to launch a trial of an artificial intelligence powered lie detection tool which can use facial expression 'bio markers' to detect whether or not someone is being dishonest about their immigration status.  Essenti... Harvard's Caselaw Access Project It was good news for budding legal AI researchers this week as Harvard announced its "Caselaw Access Project". The project makes 6.4 million US case reports freely available from the Harvard Law School Library. The disparate nature of state-level case rep... Dr. Alexa will see you now The image below, from the Journal of the American Medical Association, is a child's depiction of her healthcare experience: she is sat on the examination table and her doctor on the computer, turned away from her. Healthcare is just one example of an indu... Practical Uses for Virtual Reality Since its launch to the mainstream market, virtual reality (VR) has been seen by many as simply the latest development in the gaming and entertainment industry. But increasingly, VR is being used in a wide range of different sectors to transform how emplo... The dark side of IoT One industry where the Internet of Things (IoT) has really taken hold is Healthcare. The advances that have been made in recent years are staggering - we now live in a world where healthcare is moving from reactive to proactive and data from wearables, mo... AI assistants will help users navigate an increasingly overwhelming number of choices..or will they? Trade marks play a vital role in global economic growth by promoting freedom of choice, enabling consumers to make quick and safe purchasing decisions and by driving competition and innovation. Conventional trade marks such as letters, numbers, words, log... A growth mindset is key to innovation As a profession, lawyers have not always been known for their “growth mindset”, the phrase coined by Carol Dweck in her bestselling book and multi-million views TED talk. The alternative, having a “fixed mindset”, a tendency towards being more risk-averse... Designing a product that is "100 percent fatal" According to the CEO of Nectome, a new San Francisco start-up supported by the famous accelerator Y-Combinator, his company is "uniquely situated" in providing a product that is 100% fatal to its users. He has a point - few other products spring to mind t... FCA offers support for green fintechs The FCA has roped off a section of its regulatory sandbox for fintechs that are developing environmentally-focussed products and services.  This corresponds nicely with our own ambition to include some greentech in the next round of the Fast Forward progr...