http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/ Engadget Comments for German researchers unveil a euro cent-sized projector http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/
Even though its not there yet to be released to the consumer market I am sure it will be snapped up when it is.]]>Sep 20th 2006 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/
What is it about movies that give scientists amazing ideas? Screw it, we should fire all our scientists, and replace them with script writers. They're our actual future.]]>Sep 20th 2006 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Just open up and present or show movies. Sweet!]]>Sep 20th 2006 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.symbol.com/LPD/
Now that Symbol was bought by Motorola, it's not a stretch to belive well see one of these on a mobile phone.]]>Sep 20th 2006 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/
Screw Motorola!]]>Sep 20th 2006 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/
(without heat sink)
2.6" x 1.8" x 0.9" = 4.3 in3
6.6 cm x 4.6 cm x 2.3 cm = 71 cc

Which is still much much bigger than this one. But the Symbol one can do all three colours.]]>Sep 20th 2006 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/77757]]>Sep 20th 2006 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/optical resolutions, including QVGA, VGA, SGA, XGA, and HDTV
720p. The device projects 56° horizontal and 42° vertical maximum
scan angles. The average optical output of the engine is 10 lumens,
which generates about 60 nits on a 13 inch diagonal screen without
optical gain. Typical power consumption of the device is 5 watts.
The LPD engine produces images with 24 bit color depth within an
unparalleled color gamut, due to the selection of laser wavelengths
at the edges of the visible spectrum (red = 635 nm, blue = 440 nm,
green = 532 nm).

10 lumens isn't very much and 13 inches isn't very big (in fact it's useless) ... I wonder if this particular device (penny projector) is any better than that.
]]>Sep 21st 2006 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/The source for the source (in thise case Ndric) was a major German TV Station Pro7, which showed it at their prime time news mag at 20:00 and while they did say the things mentioned above, there are a lot of things that were forgotten.
One thing is the resolution - it seems like it is somewhere in the below VGA region, my guess would be around 200 by 200 at most.
This leads to the second problem: How to mix colors! Since the pixel are the pixel are that big, you would have to deactivate some to mix a colour. For example, a purble square would consit of two red and two blue laser pixels, making shapes that are round or have some sort of a curve even lower quality.
Then there is the limited size of the projection - on TV they should an image 5 by 5 cm big (5cm are give or take a little around 2 inches).
Now, the typical engadget reader noticed that I wrote about an "image"... Does that give you to think about the frame rate? Well, it got me thinking - and i don't think it's gonna be 25fps!

But Fraunhofer rocks your socks - they are the guys that invented mp3s... Even after two Worldwars, payback still is a bitch. I guess the music industry can tell you more about that ;).

n!bor/Germany.
]]>Sep 20th 2006 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/O and theirs has no moving parts and doesnt need to be focused]]>Sep 20th 2006 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 20th 2006 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/
Or am I missing something vital in the projector + eyes = "hires VR without screens" equation?]]>Sep 21st 2006 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://lightblueoptics.com/index.htm ...I'm waiting 4 several years now 2 C what is going 2 B the NEXT big media revolution...in a positive way so 2 speak...the world is changing rapidly.....]]>Sep 29th 2006 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/german-researchers-unveil-a-penny-sized-projector/Sep 29th 2006 9:25AM