The rapid development of new technologies is expected to make our quality of life better, but should it be regulated or limited in the process of being adapted by society? This book explores the vast and complex areas of emerging technologies both from the perspective of legal scholarship as well as from subject matter areas of technological biotechnology, nanotechnology, applied cognitive science, robotics, artificial intelligence and information and communication technologies.
Victoria Sutton grew up in North Carolina and wrote her first book at age 9, a 90-page epic of a bee family. As a law professor and scientist she writes academic books on the environment and emerging technologies and law -- nanotechnology, biotechnology and bioterrorism. In academia she has won the Best Book Award at her University (Texas Tech University)and two book awards for each of her "pop law" books, "The Legal Kiss" and "Halloween Law". She has also explored fiction, winning one award in romance writing from the prestigious Golden Acorn competition.