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Funai Eco Scan projector adds multitouch capabilities to your bedroom wall (video)

Here’s hoping every pico projector outfit on the planet is paying attention to what’s going down at CEATEC, otherwise they can pretty much forget about competing with what Funai is boasting. Seen here in Japan, this prototype projector utilized a Nippon Signal MEMS scanner and a great deal of top-secret technology in order to actually add multitouch capabilities to whatever surface is lucky enough to receive the projected image. You read right — if you use this PJ to beam up an image on your bathroom wall, school whiteboard or any other surface, you can count on that surface having multitouch capabilities while the image is live. Once projected, users simply twist and turn the image in order to have it modified in real-time, and while there are obviously far more enterprise-based uses for this than consumer-based uses, there’s no denying the awesomeness. Have a peek of the beamer in action after the break, and expect it to go commercial sometime in 2010 (if we’re lucky).

[Via Tech-On!]

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Funai Eco Scan projector adds multitouch capabilities to your bedroom wall (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microvision’s laser-based SHOW WX pico projector shines at CEATEC

Microvision just struck a deal to start shipping its PicoP-based SHOW WX pico projector in Asia, and while the size may not blow any minds, the image quality just might. With a native 848 x 480 resolution (WVGA), this one pumps out more pixels than pretty much any other pico projector on the market today, and with enough darkness, it can actually spit out an image that’s around 100-inches in size. We stopped by the company’s booth here at CEATEC in order to have a look at what makes the world’s first laser-based pico PJ so special, and we can honestly say the picture was pretty stunning (considering the device we’re talking about). We got a lecture on just how amazing the innards actually are (hear for yourself after the break), but it’s the estimated $500 price tag and 2010 US ship date that really had us intrigued.

The company also confessed that it’s toiling away in an effort to miniaturize its PicoP engine even further, and while it wouldn’t come right out and say it, we got the feeling that it was jonesing to get that very device into all sorts of other gizmos in the near future. In the meanwhile, you can expect the SHOW WX to ship with support for pretty much any input via a composite adapter, while an iPod / iPhone connector is apt to be bundled in as well. There’s also a 3.5 millimeter audio passthrough, 10 lumens of brightness, a 60Hz refresh rate (trust us, the lines you see in the video aren’t seen by the naked eye) and a built-in battery good for two hours on a charge. Oh, and this thing doesn’t even have to refocus as you move it closer and farther from the wall — pretty swank!

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Microvision’s laser-based SHOW WX pico projector shines at CEATEC originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Boeing’s air-to-ground laser test a success, and we have the video to prove it

Fans of future wars, heads up! What might at first blush look like a poorly placed roman candle is actually proof positive that Boeing’s Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) is ready to do some damage. Sure, when we heard last month that the company’s tests at the White Sands Missile Range were a success, we responded the same way that we always do: “video or it didn’t happen.” But now that we’ve seen it in action, we have one more question: When will its big brother, the 747-mounted ABL, get its day in the limelight? We’ll keep you posted.

[Via The Register]

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Boeing’s air-to-ground laser test a success, and we have the video to prove it originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Goodness Of Laser Lights On A Watch

I officially declare it the era of weird, whacky and un-conventional watches! Why else do think the Invisible Shot Laser Watch is here. Face of it, it’s a normal bracelet lookin thang, but press a discreet button and a laser light reflects the time on your wrist. Certainly for the night-club-hopping-teeny-boppers, who love their laser pointers.

Designer: Andy Kurovets

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