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61 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 77 (2019-2020)
The Internet of Bodies

handle is hein.journals/wmlr61 and id is 87 raw text is: THE INTERNET OF BODIES ANDREA M. MATWYSHYN* ABSTRACT This Article introduces the ongoing progression of the Internet of Things (1oT) into the Internet of Bodies (IoB)--a network of human bodies whose integrity and functionality rely at least in part on the Internet and related technologies, such as artificial intelligence. loB devices will evidence the same categories of legacy security flaws that have plagued 1oT devices. However, unlike most 1oT, loB technolo- gies will directly, physically harm human bodies-a set of harms courts, legislators, and regulators will deem worthy of legal redress. As such, JoB will herald the arrival of (some forms of) corporate software liability and a new legal and policy battle over the integrity of the human body and mind. Framing this integrity battle in light of current regulatory approaches, this Article offers a set of specific innovation-sensitive proposals to bolster corporate conduct safe- guards through regulatory agency action, contract, tort, intellectual property, and secured transactions and bankruptcy. Yet, the challenges of loB are not purely legal in nature. The social integration of loB will also not be seamless. As bits and bodies meld and as human flesh becomes permanently entwined with hardware, * Associate Dean of Innovation and Professor of Law and Engineering Policy, Penn State Law (University Park); Professor of Engineering Design, Penn State Engineering; Founding Director Penn State Policy Innovation Lab of Tomorrow (PILOT); Affiliate Scholar, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School; Senior Nonresidential Fellow, Cyberstatecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council. She wishes to thank: Matt Blaze, Ian Brown, Trevor Callaghan, Andrea Coravos, Jennifer Chandler, Joshua Corman, Richa Dasgupta, Lilian Edwards, Jen Ellis, Thomas Eovaldi, Mark Geistfeld, James Green, Wendy Grossman, Oona Hathaway, Chris Hoofnagle, Elizabeth Jex, Mark Lemley, Karen Levy, Christopher Marsden, Brian Martin, Terrell McSweeny, Janine Medina, Miranda Mowbray, Alexander Nally, Frank Pasquale, Stephanie Pell, Judith Rauhofer, Martin Redish, James Rule, Suzanne Schwartz, Abigail Slater, Nicolas Terry, Marcia Tiersky, and Beau Woods.

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