GADGETS - TECH NEWS

	NASA Will Use Lasers To Improve Earth-Space Communication (Video)
	Communication from Earth to space and back is handled by radio frequency signals. But as our exploration expands, we'll need a better means of communication. So NASA is going to implement its Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD). The agenc...
	Skype Has Developed Holographic Video Calls In The Lab
	The Star Wars holographic communication styles might not just be for Star Wars alone anymore. Skype announced that they've developed 3D video chat technology in the lab. A Microsoft executive for Skype disclosed the milestone in an interview with BB...
	Facebook's Automatic Photo Tagging Will Use Your Profile Pic As Suggestions
	Facebook's got a series of changes to its terms of service. The most interesting bit is the they want to start using your profile photo as the basis for suggesting that you be tagged in your friends' photos. So what it means is that your face is not...
	China's Sky City Project Halted. But Why? (Video)
	China's Sky City, the most ambitious building that had plans to finish in 90 days have been halted in construction. Why did that happen? Is the halt a signal of bust for the country's skyscraper boom/ The official reason though is permitting issues...
	Curiosity Took the Sharpest Photos of a Solar Eclipse on Mars
	Because Curiosity doesn't have anything else to Instagram, it just took the clearest images of a solar eclipse from the surface of Mars. The picture is clearer than those taken by humans! The moon above, (taken on August 17) is Mar's largest moon, P...
	There's One Heck Of A Mega Canyon Underneath Greenland (Video)
	There's a whole lot about our own planet that we've not yet explored. After years of data, scientists have announced the discovery of a 460 mile long canyon underneath Greenland's ice sheet. It's longer than the Grand Canyon, and no human has ever ...
	"Ionic" Speaker Is Stretchable and See-Through. And They Sound Good (Video)
	Are the speakers you have a tad bit opaque? A bunch of Harvard scientists have just built a stretchable ionic speaker out of gel that is as transparent as a window. It can play the entire audible spectrum from 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz and sounds pr...
	Samsung Smartwatch Leak Shows That Your Phone Will Doing Most Of The Control
	The Ev_Leaks Twitter account has just posted a pair of screenshots showing a leak for the setup app for Samsung Galaxy Gear. The company is set to announce it on September 4th, and if these are real, then the smartwatch will likely rely on your phon...
	There Were One Too Many Number Button Layouts For Our Telephones
	Phones didn't always look the way it did today. In 1960, it was the beginning of the end for rotary dialing. Buttons were soon about to become the future. Except, the design of the phone was tough. They didn't know what to include. And there were a ...
	Parallels Access App Lets You Remotely Access Your Computer From Anywhere
	Parellels Access is a new iPad app that allows uers to access their PC or Mac applications wherever they are. The iPad native movements like swiping, tapping, pinching and pushing are applied to the application as if they were meant to be on the tab...

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