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World's Smallest Projector

Posted by samzenpus on from the there-are-no-small-roles dept.

SkinnyGuy writes "Mixed into all of PCMag's CES preview coverage is an interesting story about a projector that's no bigger than an iPod. An early version showed up at last year's CES, but some of the guts weren't inside the small body. Now they are. It uses lasers to project the image. Really fascinating, futuristic stuff."

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  1. Underwater Projection by daddyrief · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't let the, sharks get a hold, of this one...

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    1. Re:Underwater Projection by gynosaur · · Score: 2, Funny

      Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!

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  2. Obligitory laser post by stas2k · · Score: 3, Funny

    Frickin' lasers! Now all we need is some sharks.

    1. Re:Obligitory laser post by stderr_dk · · Score: 3, Funny

      Really, really small sharks...

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    2. Re:Obligitory laser post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wrong. With such a small projector...all we need is a droid.

    3. Re:Obligitory laser post by wizardforce · · Score: 4, Funny

      will angry mutated sea-bass suffice?

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  3. obscenity wants to be anthropomorphised by User+956 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mixed into all of PCMag's CES preview coverage is an interesting story about a projector that's no bigger than an iPod.

    I think the fact that they're missing in all of this, is that porn doesn't care what size it is.

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  4. I refer you to my signature... by Kawahee · · Score: 4, Funny
    Why is that comma there?

    It uses, lasers to project the image
    I thought that we had editors to check for this sort of, thing.
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    1. Re:I refer you to my signature... by foobsr · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why is that comma there?

      Everything gets smaller, brains included.

      CC.

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    2. Re:I refer you to my signature... by IntelliTubbie · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why is that comma there?

      It uses, lasers to project the image
      I thought that we had editors to check for this sort of, thing. Maybe William Gibson wrote that post, here? (I love his books, but I get annoyed by the use of extraneous commas, in his writing. Argh ... I just did it, again.)

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  5. My Hope by robbiedo · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope to hook this up to my laptop while playing Duke Nukem Forever with Chinese Democracy blaring on my stereo. What the heck, lets throw Obama a bone and have him in the White House.

  6. Re:Laptops by johannesg · · Score: 4, Funny

    You want to combine this with a projected keyboard (http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/). And possibly a wiimote-based multitouch interface instead of a mouse. Add a bit of cackling and you'll look like a mad wizard!

    You know what, I think the 21st century has arrived at last!

  7. This Isn't Going to be Good for the Community by matty619 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And just think, by simply using 50 mW lasers, it will now be possible for the masses to skywrite commercials on the cloud cover. Or at the very least, everyone can have their own Bat Signal Device. Or project a 500' Goatse on a downtown sky scraper. I don't see how this can possibly go wrong. -M@

  8. *gasp*gasp* by Smordnys+s'regrepsA · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, too, seem, to, be, having, an, asthma, attack.


    On a serious not, I, too, welcome our media-infringing*, entertainment-system, goatse-projecting (don't look into laser with remaining sanity), toothy, overlords.

    *do I recall something about needing to pay a fee for having a large enough (practically theater sized) entertainment setup?

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  9. Cell phones will have these! by MindPrison · · Score: 4, Funny

    No doubt!

    Personally I cant wait - this is TOO much fun, imagine the on-the-fly presentations you can do with this baby, no longer youll have to wave everyone over to your microscopic cell-phone screen to say "watch what I did this weekend".

    Oh wait...

    Thats not good...

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  10. My *future* new favorite hobby by Smordnys+s'regrepsA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bear With Me

    I just realized, half the fun of xkcd is sharing - it does help that there is a comic for EVERY occasion.

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  11. OMG ZOMG when can I play duck hunt with it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    OMG ZOMG when can I play duck hunt with it

  12. I Mis-read the headline by mrpacmanjel · · Score: 2, Funny

    For a brief moment I thought it said "World's Smallest Penis" !

    I thought "that's funny I didn't see a webcam in my bathroom this morning" !

  13. Microthis, Microthat by Conanymous+Award · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's up with all these companies from Redmond, Washington being called Microsomething? Is Microvision something that is needed to see Bill's Micro-soft?

  14. Re:Laptops by Tekgno · · Score: 3, Funny

    ->I put on my robe and Wizard's hat...

  15. Re:Mess with the teachers by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A classroom? Are you kidding? Think about using this in a White House Press Room Briefing to project video evidence of the lies!

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