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2025-02-20

UK’s answer to DARPA backs synthetic muscles and e-skin in new robotics project


A British R&D unit that’s been compared to DARPA is funding synthetic muscles, electronic skin, and mechanical hands for a robotics dexterity project. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) today unveiled the 10 teams selected for the programme. Their mission: usher in a new era of dexterity that will transform robotics and human productivity. Members of the group span startups, university labs, public research organisations, and large companies. Collectively, they will receive £52mn to advance the physical dexterity of robots. The funds a [...]

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2025-02-24

Blendo Games' oddball sci-fi shooter Skin Deep hits PC on April 30

Blendo Games' latest installment of interactive weirdness, Skin Deep, is due to hit Steam on April 30, after nearly seven years of development. Skin Deep is a first-person sci-fi shooter, but it [...]

Match Score: 96.07

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2025-02-21

Can somebody let this robot down?

It's not clear that anyone was asking for a company to build a muscular, sinewy robot or to see a video of it dangling, helpless from a hook, but life is full of surprises and this YouTube video [...]

Match Score: 64.89

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2025-01-08

Shark joins the high-tech skincare mask war with an impressive CES 2025 opening shot

I have to admit — I used to be very skeptical of LED devices that purport to be good for your skin. When they first started being sold for home use, I felt like they were mostly expensive, ineffecti [...]

Match Score: 59.52

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2025-05-16

Ask Engadget: How do I answer calls on my iPhone with only my voice?

Last August, my best friend asked me how she could help her neighbor set her iPhone so she could answer it without picking it up. The neighbor had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and had lost dexterity in bo [...]

Match Score: 48.84

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2025-10-02

Shark's latest skincare gadget will suck gunk from your pores and rinse them

About two years ago, I tried a facial treatment in Singapore that had left me feeling refreshed and my skin smooth and taut. I found out it was called an “aqua peel” and started investigating how [...]

Match Score: 44.23

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2025-02-28

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

Match Score: 39.69

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2025-09-26

Meta wants to become the Android of robotics

Assuming it can turn its Project Orion augmented reality glasses into a real product people can buy, Meta apparently wants to get into robots next. That's according to Sources' Alex Heath, w [...]

Match Score: 37.92

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2025-08-12

Alien: Earth succeeds where Ridley Scott's Alien sequels failed

Alien: Earth delivers everything you'd want from a series with "Alien" in the title: The iconic Xenomorphs hunting down hapless humans; gratuitous body horror; and androids who you can [...]

Match Score: 37.12

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2025-07-17

Jack Dorsey backs an open-source development collective with $10 million

Jack Dorsey has been back in the news lately after unveiling a pair of new apps he worked on, Bluetooth-based messenager Bitchat and UV exposure tracker Sun Day. The Block CEO put those together under [...]

Match Score: 36.45