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With BMW Motorrad celebrating two significant birthdays this year (90 years since the founding of BMW Motorrad, and 40 years since the launch of the BMW R 90 S), it's understandable that it should produce a tribute motorcycle to the most famous Boxer Twin. Hence, BMW will show the BMW Concept 90 at the famous Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on the banks of Lake Como later today. .. Continue Reading BMW shows Concept Ninety R90S tribute at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Section: Motorcycles Tags: BMW, Concept Motorcycles, Motorrad Related Articles: BMW and Husqvarna electric motorcycle concepts BMW Motorrad’s exclusive high performance HP2 Megamoto Antarctic Exploration Concept vehicle for two The US$8.5 million Lazzara LSX Ninety Two Luxury Yacht Audi Motorrad Concept based on Ducati 848 The Ostoure super-naked motorcycle design concept

This week in reviews, we took a look at a camera that aims to rival the GoPro, both in terms of features but also in terms of pricing. The Veho Muvi comes with a remote and a waterproof housing that can keep it safe in some very deep water. In short,...

I hate to admit that I took 2 years of guitar lessons and I can only play the first few cords of Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water. I guess I’m one of those people who simply isn’t musically inclined. I used to write some poetry that I would have loved to turn into songs, but I couldn’t read or write music either. So I guess it’s safe to say I’m not destined to be a rock star. All hope is not lost! Check out Compose by Ouyang Xi, a concept device designed to allow the musically challenged to actually get their melodies on paper. The pen on this digital clipboard acts as a microphone, allowing you to whistle or play a tune into it, and then when docked into the digital tablet, the harmonies will automatically be transcribed into a score. The Compose would also allow you to write directly on the display in order to “record” your tunes, before the thoughts of them are lost forever. The designer, Ouyang Xi, would also like to see this concept contain libraries that would include sounds for an entire orchestra so that your final masterpiece can play in all it’s splendor, for everyone to enjoy. Of course it’s only a concept for now, but it gives hope to so many of us that have been walking around with the next hit recording buzzing around in our heads. That’s all I know for now, it certainly is a concept I’d like to see go to production someday, I knew I had rock star potential, I just need a little help. Check out yankodesigns.com for updates or more information.[ Compose by Ouyang Xi – Your Music Writes Itself copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

The Gaga plane-dog has a point. It's not Justin Bieber's fault he's a shrill, spoiled, cheap-shotting little bitch, it's all of ours for paying attention.Read more...

When we saw a 'We the People' petition to the White House to make the US move to the metric system, we listed very sensible reasons why the US should listen: The imperial system is archaic, irrelevant, doesn't scale easily and to be honest, there are just too many damn units to keep track of. Well, the White House listened and is going to do... nothing. In their response to the petition, they basically said use the metric system if you want to.Read more...

This is beyond sad. If you've been keeping up with the tornado that leveled Moore, Oklahoma, you probably saw the destruction it left behind. It looked like a movie set war zone or the aftermath of the apocalypse. But it was real. Google released satellite imagery showing what the destruction looked like from above. It's not pretty.Read more...

After Google initially complained about Microsoft's Windows Phone YouTube app, it appears that the two companies are now working together to provide some kind of a solution. In the meantime, however, Microsoft's actually rather good YouTube app has been replaced with its feature deficient predecessor. Google had two significant problems with Microsoft's app: it allowed videos to be downloaded so that they could be watched offline, and it didn't display any ads. After Google's initial complaint, Microsoft publicly replied that it would love to show YouTube's ads but for one small problem: Google doesn't offer any (public) API by which they can do so. Microsoft updated the app a few days ago to remove the contentious download ability, but the shortage of ads remained. That's apparently not enough to keep Google happy, so even that updated application has now been pulled. Read 9 remaining paragraphs | Comments

There's been some fuss about how used games work on the Xbox One—do we have to pay a fee to Microsoft to play them? Is Microsoft killing used games dead? Supposedly, no. Polygon is reporting that the Xbox One will NOT require gamers to pay a fee to reactivate an Xbox One used game.Read more...

Perhaps you're whittling the last couple of hours away at your desk, trying to look busy until quitting time. So while you're trying to make it to the three day weekend, here are some of the best design posts we showed you this week. Read more...

Quadcopters are becoming more and more popular with radio-controlled model enthusiasts, but sometimes ... sometimes you still just want to remotely-control a car. If that’s the case with you, then UK-based product designer Witold Mielniczek has got you covered. His prototype vehicle, known simply as B, functions as both a quadcopter and an off-road racer. .. Continue Reading Together at last – an RC car and a quadcopter Section: Aircraft Tags: Flying Cars, Kickstarter, Off-road, Quadrocopter, Radio Control Related Articles: FrankenDrone USV goes where other remote-control watercraft can't Tiny NanoQ quadrocopter could serve as an inexpensive research platform – or a fun toy JAC Retrofit kit allows cars to drive themselves Fighting Walrus Radio offers extended range for AR Drone Revolights – now available built right into the wheel