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hey guys my name is Stephen Beecham and here's what's happening this week on CNET's crave blog is this the safest bicycle in the world creator Crispin Sinclair thinks so the babel bike is equipped with signaling lights for changing lanes and braking as well as rear view mirrors and a loud horn much like a standard car the custom-made safety seat is easily adjustable for comfort and is protected with a roll cage seat belts and steel foot protectors the bicycle is a hybrid and comes with a 250 watt shimano electric motor to assist the rider with the range of 50 to 80 miles which is wow there are so many safety features in this bike and all sorts of bells and whistles so I won't list them all here but you can read more about the Babel bike on the crave blog and check out their crowdfunding page on IndieGoGo where they are trying to raise a flexible funding goal of 74 thousand dollars the Star Wars hype machine is in full effect it was difficult for me to totally ignore the Star Wars rally that was held yesterday and of course I watched the new Star Wars trailer five or six times but this is taking it to a whole new level japan's all nippon airways plans to dress up their 787 dreamliner jets like r2d2 promote their new service between japan and houston texas chances are you might see a giant are two planes soaring high above the earth this fall if you'd like a chance to ride on an r2d2 plane well you just have to buy a ticket from houston to japan Elon Musk is all about renewable energy recycling and saving the planet so why not build rocket boosters that land themselves on a drone barge that can be reused instead of just letting them crash into the ocean sounds like a good concept but it's easier said than done on Wednesday space X attempted for the second time to land the Falcon 9 rocket booster on a drone barge landing pad and it was a near success according to a tweet by mr. musk on Wednesday looks like Falcon 9 landed fine but excess lateral velocity costed to tip over host landing the second attempt proved more successful than the first which hit the drone barge and exploded almost immediately this attempt according to video posted by SpaceX in a few vine videos the Falcon 9 almost makes the landing but tipped over at the last moment moving your legs in a walking motion there's an app for that a team from the University of Hanover in Germany are attaching electrodes to people's legs and shocking them in the direction that they want them to walk using an app and a smartphone sounds kind of freaky but it works they attached electrode to the Sartorius muscle on the leg by giving it a little shock via bluetooth the muscles contract and turns the user in the direction desired operators were successful at guiding 18 test subjects through a crowded Park steering them around obstacles max by for the leader of the project believes that this technology can help users find their way using GPS without having to look at a phone and may also be used to help disoriented seniors find their way home aid firefighters maneuvering through burning buildings and may even help direct crowds to their seats at large events alright guys that's a show thank you very much for watching as always you can find all these news stories we've seen at spray blog and rave cnet com make sure you follow him on twitter at krave and check out this week's crave giveaway this week's crib giveaway is a swing tracker for analyzing your baseball swing from diamond kinetics go to the blog and enter to win swing that about a swing batter batter you you