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NASA putting a man on the moon in the 60s is one of the greatest achievements in all of human history. Looking back at the technology available to NASA during the 60s, it’s incredible that so many missions into space and to the moon were conducted successfully. President John F. Kennedy spurred the country and NASA to put a man on the moon with this speech delivered at Rice University in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1962.

It was during this famous speech that President Kennedy proclaimed, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade.” That speech not only kicked off the space race in earnest, but also put the United States on a course of space exploration that NASA continues to this day. To celebrate the anniversary of Kennedy’s famous speech, NASA Television will air the speech in its entirety.

The speech will be a high-quality version and will begin at 11:15 AM EDT, which is the same time President Kennedy gave the speech 50 years ago. Before delivering his famous speech in Texas, Kennedy had issued a message to Congress on May 25th, 1961 tasking the US with the goal of “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”

As part of the celebration NASA astronauts, scientists, and engineers will hold a Google+ Hangout to talk about the history of innovation and ingenuity at NASA and to discuss NASA’s future goals for scientific discovery and human spaceflight. NASA TV will also air a message about the Kennedy speech from a NASA astronaut, Suni Williams, who’s onboard the ISS and will become the commander of the space station this weekend.

NASA celebrates the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s moon speech is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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I have said on more than a few occasions that one of the most interesting things smartphone companies can do, in my opinion, is offer wireless charging. We all know the hassle of fiddling with wires and trying to get a charger connected, especially in the dark, to charge or smartphones and other devices. Wireless charging with Qi and other wireless power methods is very important to many of us.

Fulton Innovation has announced a new breakthrough in wireless power that uses adaptive resonance technology and is capable of simultaneously charging multiple devices that use different power formats. The technology is called Adaptive Resonance and combines benefits of inductive coupling, magnetic resonance, and Qi technology into one solution. This means no matter which of those three formats your device uses for wireless charging, Adaptive Resonance technology will allow you to charge it with the same system.

This technology addresses one of the key areas of concern for many people who are looking forward to widespread use of wireless power. With multiple formats on the market, the chance of cross compatibility between brands was looking slim. The Adaptive Residence technology allows a single charging base plate to charge multiple devices, even if those devices use different wireless power formats at the same time.

The Adaptive Residence technology also allows the user to move devices around on the charging plate to make room for another device while maintaining very high charging efficiency. The technology also supports both closely and loosely coupled wireless charging systems. With Adaptive Residence technology supporting three of the biggest wireless power formats out there, it suddenly doesn’t matter as much what format the device manufacturer chooses to support.

Wireless power breakthrough uses adaptive resonance to support multiple wireless platforms is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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LG has launched a pre-reveal attack on Samsung’s favorite phone and tablet technology, AMOLED, hammering home the idea that its Optimus G display will be thinner, brighter, and more power-efficient. Announced last month, the Optimus G uses a new True HD IPS+ screen based on LCD not OLED technologies, and LG is keen to make clear why that’s a specific advantage over Samsung’s current Android flagship smartphone.

LG is using a suspiciously Galaxy S III-shaped wireframe to illustrate its AMOLED opposition, and though there’s no branding to confirm the Samsung slap, if Apple can patent rectangles with rounded corners then we can probably safely assume that it’s the 20m-selling smartphone the Optimus G is being compared to. Even if that’s too great a leap, the fact that Samsung is pushing the market in AMOLED technologies makes it the obvious opposition.

According to LG, the 320ppi True IPS+ panel gives 1.6x clearer images than AMOLED – great for reading text on webpages and in ebooks – while its greater power efficiency when showing white pages (LG namechecks the backgrounds on websites as a good example) is another advantage over the rival tech. Overall thickness is 27-percent down on previous panels.

Slim screens aren’t the only thing LG is relying on to differentiate the Optimus G, though. The company apparently spent 15 months developing and patenting the “Crystal Reflection” process which decorates the back of the smartphone, with a polarized 3D pattern sparkling and glistening in the light.

Whether that will be enough to convince would-be owners to give LG a try despite its less-than-impressive record in delivering Android updates remains to be seen. The LG Optimus G is expected to be officially shown off at the end of September.

LG brings screen smackdown to Samsung over Optimus G is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Samsung pegged its new Note for an October launch in Europe and Asia, in typical FCC fashion, it’s passed through those wireless testing labs ahead of its arrival in stores around the world. For US readers, there’s a severe lack of compatible US LTE bands on this Galaxy Note II, which suggests this is a global model we’re dealing with, likely to connect with other 4G networks — there’s a whole lot of them out there. Aside from that, there’s a typical selection of 850/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 850 WCDMA/HSPA radios inside this GT-N7105 model. However, we’re expecting another Note II iteration — packing friendlier LTE frequencies — will make an appearance at the FCC pretty soon.

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President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign is going after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan for failing to specify how they would pay for tax cuts for the wealthy, arguing in a new television ad that middle class American families would be forced to foot the bill.

The new ad, released Wednesday and titled “Won’t Say,” opens with a zinger on Romney’s refusal to release his personal tax returns or offer specifics on how his tax plan would impact the middle class.

“Mitt Romney: He won’t reveal what’s in his taxes, and he won’t tell you what he’d do to yours,” a narrator says at the beginning of the ad, which will air in Iowa, Nevada, Virginia, and Ohio.

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