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Eerily realistic androids may be showing up at a party or publicity event near you, if a British firm called Engineered Arts has its way. What it is: A line of robots called Ameca is available for rent, to impress your guests with what its maker says is a "huge…

Do not be swayed by the dulcet dial-tones of tomorrow's AIs and their siren songs of the singularity. No matter how closely artificial intelligences and androids may come to look and act like humans, they'll never actually be humans, argue Paul Leonardi, Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at University…

Robotics engineering student Ken Pillonel brought USB-C to Apple’s iPhone X and then turned around and sold it for $86,000 USD ( roughly $107,706 CAD). Now, Pillonel has brought Apple’s Lightning port to Samsung’s mid-range Galaxy A51 smartphone. Why? I’m not entirely sure. As first reported by Engadget, Pillonel recently…

In context: The Lightning interface is a proprietary data transfer and charging port exclusive to Apple devices since the iPhone 5. However, that didn't stop a robotics engineer from adding a Lightning connector to an Android phone in a 'just because I can' project. Late last year, a robotics engineer…

The sophomore feature from the writer-director-essayist Kogonada imagines a sci-fi future with impeccable decor and family androids who dream of human connections It makes sense to start with the dance. After all, After Yang — the chin-stroking, heartbreaking, very humanistic post-human sci-fi weepie from the writer-director Kogonada — is a movie about…

Google introduced Roboto in 2011 as Android’s new system font and gave it a big upgrade three years later. “Roboto Serif” is now the newest variation “designed to make reading more comfortable at any size, in any format.” Roboto Serif is a variable typeface family designed to create a comfortable…

Promo & Redeem Codes Game Hollywood Hong Kong Limited has just released Robot Tactics X, a mech-themed strategy JRPG on Android and iOS. It is an anime-style gacha game featuring strategic turn-based battles. If you are a fan of the game and are looking for working Robot Tactics X codes,…

In October, roboticist and software engineer Allison Liemhetcharat announced that she had been working on a game that would use a smart vibrator as a controller. Specifically, the Lioness smart vibrator, which gathers bio-data like body temperature and pelvic pressure. Liemhetcharat said she was partly inspired by the Perifit kegel…

A version of this story about Dan Stevens and “I’m Your Man” first appeared in the International Issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Dan Stevens might be too good-looking. At least, that’s what German director Maria Schrader was hoping when she cast Stevens’ chiseled features and piercing blue eyes in “I’m…

Little Big Robots. Mech Battle is a fast-paced multiplayer battle game featuring giant robots. Each robot is unique, be it design or skill-wise. As you might have already guessed, you play as a robot and take down enemy robots controlled by other players worldwide. The main objective here is to…