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    Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen

    3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved

    The 3M MPro120: It's About Time Pico Projectors Grew Up

    Mirage Media Player Will Project An 80-inch Image...Apparently

    AAXO P2 Pico Projector Is Thankfully Brighter Than its Forefathers

    World's First Green Laser Diode Will Lead To Better TVs, Pocket Projectors

    Levitating Projector, Or Really Expensive T-Ball?

    iJector Sprays 50 Inches of iPod, iPhone Video Onto Any Wall

    DigiLife Crams a Pico Projector Into a Pocket Camcorder

    Pico Projectors Go High Def
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    Image of geolemon geolemon
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    I don't see why it's even this big.

    Google "virtual keyboard" to see a device that's a projected keyboard that's 1/3 the size of that spider device, and companies talking about projectors that can fit in a cell phone for basic resolution at least. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    10/29/09

    @geolemon: Probably for the actual "computer" portions of it - if they're building it right now, the smallest stuff that they're using is probably the guts of a smart phone, so if you assume that that's about 1/3 of the device, and a pico projector is about 1/3 of the device, and as you stated the virtual keyboard is about 1/3 of the device, that's three thirds right there...

    My question is actually "why do we need people to come up with prototypes of this?" All the pieces that they're using are commercially available - the keyboard is $150 from Thinkgeek, you can get pico projectors for between $300 and $600, and if you're willing to work with Pico ITX, you can get tiny motherboards for about $230. So if you're a modder and you have the time, you can probably put one of these together for under $1,000.00, depending on memory/harddrive/case/etc. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    This sort of illustrates why I don't like it when capacitive touch screens try to emulate physical buttons. There's just no feedback so it's too easy to make mistakes. I tried to play Sonic 1 (a game I had mastered in my youth) on my friends iPod and couldn't do green hill zone for crap because the controls were too close together and with no feedback it was all to easy to push the wrong direction.

    Don't get me wrong I do enjoy touch screen controls, but when they try to imitate physical controls it just doesn't work. Sonic 1 could have just as easily been controlled by pressing on the right to run right and pressing on the left to run back and maybe tapping the corners/middle/twice for jumping. #ericssonspiderpc
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    The tripod looks like some creepy deployable turret/forcefield generator. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Zerod Zunaro Zerod Zunaro
    10/29/09

    @Odin: It oddly reminds me of GladOs, the maniacal computer of Portal. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro: I don't blame you. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro:
    Is anybody there?
    Night night. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Zerod Zunaro Zerod Zunaro
    10/29/09

    @Odin: "Ah, there you are"
    *machine gun noise* #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro: Arrrrhhhhh! Put me down!
    Where are you taking me!?
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    Image of Fenister Fenister
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen

    War of the worlds, anyone? #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of fatbencher fatbencher
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    always they create standalone shapes. Who is going to put something like this on the coffee table when they don't have to? Make it flat, so it can be put up against any wall. Why take away the clutter of a keyboard... and replace it with different clutter? #ericssonspiderpc
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    I think it would be hard to use a keyboard like this because it's always nice to have that tactile feedback of hitting a key. I think typing with no physical buttons would lead to more mistakes. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Darksider1972 Darksider1972
    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    Call me when this product reached it's fifth generation, 3M still has not used the best LED technology for their Pico yet..
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    Sorry for the interruption of the movie folks, my Kroger key-chain card blocked the screen for a sec.
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    Image of Identity (reclamation) Identity (reclamation)
    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    This looks pretty good, but I will give it another 10 months. And surprisingly, I actually have a use for this. Awesome.
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    Image of DMF DMF
    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    OK.. the real test for these portable projectors should be driving around your neighborhood and seeing if you can blast a video on the front of someones house..

    You get the idea here..

    PORN ON SOMEONES HOUSE.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    09/03/09

    @DMF: Suburban Guerrilla porn!
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    09/03/09

    @IN THE FACE!: What's to stop you from just using a power inverter and using a plain old projector to do it with? When you talked about projecting an image on someone's house, it made me think of Talking Heads "Burning Down the House".
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    09/03/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.:
    Check it::
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    09/04/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: Reminded me of the Kids in the Hall episode wherein a car demanded an apology:

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of gadam07 gadam07
    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    Screw battery power!! I want a pico projector with one of those crazy 400 lumen LED arrays that suck power so I can build my own HUD in my car.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    09/03/09

    @gadam07: For just an HUD in your car, I think you could probably use this thing, no problem. Why would you need 400 lumens for inside a windshield?
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    Image of gadam07 gadam07
    09/03/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Sunlight.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    09/03/09

    @gadam07: You drive during the day??!!!???
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    08/26/09

    In reply to The 3M MPro120: It's About Time Pico Projectors Grew Up
    There's no reason these Pico Projectors shouldn't be able to make a profit in the $100 range.

    It's something that the makers know are relatively cheap to make. Few components, small package, light... However, it needs to sell for more because it can...

    Brands like COBY & Mintek will certainly pick up on this.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    08/26/09

    In reply to The 3M MPro120: It's About Time Pico Projectors Grew Up
    50 lumens is really the minimum, from my experience. As much as it would be nice to have something small like a pico projector, until they get to that level they're just pointless.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/20/09

    In reply to Mirage Media Player Will Project An 80-inch Image...Apparently
    I call "exaggeration" too. OTOH I am sure that it will project an 80 inch image, in total darkness, which will of course be totally unviewable. But hey, it's 80 inches!
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    08/19/09

    In reply to Mirage Media Player Will Project An 80-inch Image...Apparently
    I bet this thing can do 80 inches. But it will look like crap and best size would be like, 8.0 inches.
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