3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers.
October 11, 2016
- What is the next best (or some might even say the best) new thing in anti-aging?
Hint:
Answer: an anti-aging pill for one’s dog. Marketed for cancer treatment in humans, rapamycin, has been shown to have an anti-aging effect in dogs and other animals. Not only is it life-extending it also appears to be age reversing. More tests are required to establish safety and efficacy in humans. Read more here.
2. What new back-to-school rule in Florida will have lawyers sitting in the classroom for an additional three hours?
Hint:
Answer: CLE ( “key” in French) requirements in Florida have been amped up to include three hours of technology-related courses. The mandated time is the bare minimum over a three-year cycle and one wonders whether it is sufficient. Given the speed of technological advances accompanied by novel legal issues, one hour per year hardly seems adequate to educate lawyers to the degree required to efficiently navigate today’s techno-scientific environment. The new bar association rule, however, gets more teeth from additional provisions and amendments that recognize the importance of technological understanding in practice. Read the details here.
3. With Halloween just around the corner, what technology is sure to scare the bejesus out of anyone?
Hint:
Answer: two Canadian brothers have created a virtual reality Hospital of Horror that has users running for their lives. The hospital is a simple room, “[i]t looks like a big empty five by five room with grey tiles on the floor, [b]ut when you’re wearing the headset, it’s a completely different virtual world.” The screams are blood-curdling despite user awareness that it is just a game and just a room. Read the story here.