thenextweb

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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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: 94.24

venturebeat

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Kai-Fu Lee's brutal assessment: America is already losing the AI hardware war to China

China is on track to dominate consumer artificial intelligence applications and robotics manufacturing within years, but the United States will maintain its substantial lead in enterprise AI adoption [...]

Match Score: 73.73

Destination

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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: 62.83

Destination

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: 58.71

Destination

2025-10-23

Nike pitches robotic sneakers and mind-altering mules

Nike is no stranger to a unique footwear concept, be it self-lacing shoes or a "Hyperboot" that can speed up recovery. The company claims its Project Amplify and new "neuroscience-based [...]

Match Score: 50.54

Destination

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: 46.47

Destination

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: 43.96

venturebeat

2025-10-13

This new AI technique creates ‘digital twin’ consumers, and it could kill the traditional survey industry

A new research paper quietly published last week outlines a breakthrough method that allows large language models (LLMs) to simulate human consumer behavior with startling accuracy, a development that [...]

Match Score: 42.56

venturebeat

2025-10-13

Self-improving language models are becoming reality with MIT's updated SEAL technique

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are gaining renewed attention for developing and open sourcing a technique that allows large language models (LLMs) — like those underp [...]

Match Score: 41.64