Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: In 1962, The Jetsons introduced a robust vision of the future to American television audiences.1 The show predicted an interconnected lifestyle, in which intuitive electronics would function to improve peoples' health and happiness.2 As today's consumer electronics industry expands to offer a multitude of sensor-based and connected devices, apparently "ours is the era of Novum," where science fiction becomes science fact.3 Indeed, electronic sensors are now ubiquitous in homes, workplaces, and automobiles.4 Known collectively as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), these networked devices generate unprecedented quantities of detailed information about users' everyday actions, habits, personalities, and preferences.5 When interpreted by companion software applications, this information helps consumers *.
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Author: Grant Arnow
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2623503756