Matchbox Sized Color Projectors?

Justin Nolan sent in a very brief link about ultra small projectors which says "Upstream Engineering is willing to provide miniature color video projectors for use with portable video player, travel TV, laptops and handhelds next year. Upstream's patented technology, called Photon Vacuum, maximizes the amount of photons sent to the target from the light source in a minimum space and allows the creation of devices free of a variety of components currently used in projectors that unnecessarily waste energy. Photon Vacuum enables the smallest projector designs in the world, ultimately to a size of matchbox. The company says is going to push the power consumption of the whole device ultimately to below 4 watts while still gaining a travel-TV sized color projection" You can also read Upstream's website for almost as little information.

Comments

Vaporware!

[jonnylawUSA]

Sounds like these guys will be up for the 2004 Wired Vaporware awards.

website down

[Andreas(R)]

The website is slashdotted, here's a screenshot of the projector:

.

Re:making a big screen

[Anonymous Coward]

Now, if lots of these min-projectors could be put together in a matrix

Surely you meant:

Now, if lots of these min-projectors could be put together in a beowulf cluster ...

What technology?

[arsenix]

Are they sure they didn't mean photon vapor? I hear they are working on fusion as well...

Re:Power Consumption

[Baumi]

Every electric and electronic appliance should go for that goal.

I don't know - my matchbox-sized fridge isn't selling too well...

Jens