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We've recently been seeing an upswing in the number of underwater propulsion devices hitting the market. One of the latest to catch our eye, the WhiteShark MIX, is claimed to be the world's smallest such device that incorporates dual propellers.

Overland Expo is an opportunity for small manufacturers to get their wares seen, but it's also a chance for big brands to let their imaginations run wild. Nissan has done just that with the Titan XD Pro-4X, a truck designed to serve as a base for camping expeditions deep into the wilderness.

​Nothing captures the imagination like the Tyrannosaurus Rex, even though it wasn't the biggest predator. A new study shows that its terrifying jaws delivered one of the strongest bites of any land animal, an ability that T-rex probably used to pulverize and eat the bones of its unlucky prey.

A robot has successfully landed a Boeing 737 simulator ... and it did it one handed. Part of DARPA's ALIAS program, the robot's touchdown was carried out by the system as part of the development of an automated co-pilot that can be quickly and cheaply installed in existing aircraft.

Earlier this week, NIO announced its all-electric EP9 supercar had set a new lap record for production cars at the Nurburgring. At the time there was no video of the lightning lap, but we now have the onboard footage from the EP9 piloted around the Nordschleife on May 12.

Imagine having a fridge-sized box in your home that generates and stores electricity, heats and cools the house, provides hot water and churns out oxygen and hydrogen to use or sell. New Atlas spoke to two of the minds behind this potentially game-changing "Swiss army knife" of energy production.

​​In the world of robotics, researchers are going soft – in their designs at least. Soft robots have advantages over their more rigid brethren but till now, they've not been able to do much other than wriggle around. A new advance has changed that, by creating a bot with highly capable soft legs.​

The big rigs of Overland Expo West are well documented, but sometimes what makes the most impact are the lighter, sleeker designs. One such design that grabbed our eye this year, the Leentu pickup truck camper is billed as the world's lightest, most aerodynamic pop-up camper shell.

​If you want to incorporate protruding features into a sheet of glass, the typical way of doing so involves using molds. Those molds are costly to manufacture, however. That's why the Fraunhofer Institute has developed a laser-based alternative technique that promises to be cheaper and faster.

As any kid knows, brightly colored foods are more fun to eat. But the artificial dyes that give cereals, soda and snack foods their vibrant hues have been debated over safety issues for decades. The need for natural dyes has become clear, and researchers think blue and purple corn can pitch in.

Having provided access to a quantum processor through the cloud for a year, IBM is revealing a new generation of processors. A 16-qubit processor will increase the processing power available through the cloud, while the second is twice as powerful again and designed for commercial applications.

​The first new product of Google I/O 2017 is Google Lens, which combines image recognition, machine learning and Google’s vast preexisting platform to help you understand your surroundings. With Google Lens, you can point your phone at an object to automatically access more information about it.