Tiny Phone-based Projector In Action September 21, 2007
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We have covered the growing shift on the projector front to create tiny projectors but now you can see the latest one from Texas Instruments [creators of DLP projection technology] in action. We covered the first sighting back in April but now a working model is starting to appear.
The folk over at PopSci were on hand last night at a quiet New York event to see this prototype in action and, if all goes to plan, this kind of technology will not be housed in some small black-box projector, but inside your mobile phone.
The Pico Projector is capable of throwing up a bright 15in wide image, even in rooms that are not completely dark. It uses LEDs to save power and money and, according to Texas, the first one will appear in a real mobile phone sometime next year. Roll on 2008. -Martin Lynch
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Comments
The potential for comedy in a device like that is brilliant. I can't wait to start being able to project totally inappropriate material around the place!
Superb looking technology there. Would be great to implement things like this into notebooks for on the fly powerpoints or movie watching at a friends house.
Marry this with a projection keyboard and 3G and then we're talking some serious mobile surfing.
Or even just use it with a GPS for a new experience in route finding - anyone fancy a big red personalised arrow on the pavement?
Let's wait for its occurrence in 2008