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pico projectors

TI Builds Pico Projector Into BlackBerry Curve

Texas Instruments has expressed its intention to build its LED Pico tech into mobile devices before, but this is the first well-implemented example to be properly demonstrated. Crunchgear got a brief go on the Frankenberry, and it looks like it works just fine. While the small clip doesn't totally assuage our fears that such a system will produce poor images, the respectable projection size and apparent brightness are both promising for such an early prototype. [Crunchgear] More »

9:39 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By John Herrman
4,681 views, 36 comments

Latest by n/a: John Herrman,I think it would have been a good idea to point out that this is not a working phone, that it's just a plastic shell. more »

dlp

TI Intros Industry First Lamp-Free DLP Projector

Hot on the heels of the Optoma pico-projector that uses a TI chipset, TI itself has announced the "industry's first home-theater lamp-free projector." It uses a PhlatLight LED illumination source instead, and a Brilliantcolor chipset to give a 1080p display. This makes it capable of a 50% bigger color gamut than traditional projector tech (that's over 200 trillion colors!) and a contrast ratio that can go up to 500,000:1. The lamp-free bit is the part that will interest consumers: as well as not requiring expensive new bulbs, the LEDs consume far less power so you'll pay for less electricity if you're a heavy projector user. Apparently "multiple DLP customers" are expecting to launch projector products with the tech late this year. [Digitimes]

6:59 AM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,241 views, 23 comments

Latest by eddiesdguy: That sucks for me. I sell the lamps! Maybe I should start selling LEDs. more »

pico projectors

Foxconn Rolls Out the Latest Pico Projector Prototype

Foxconn rolled out another handheld Pico Projector device at Computex this week, packing a .3-inch Texas Instruments DLP chip and 854x480 resolution into a small package roughly the size of a matchbox (just 65 grams). Though Pico Projectors have been supported by many heavyweights such as 3M, Texas Instruments and Motorola, the technology has yet to make an appearance in the consumer market. But more prototypes from different companies can't be a bad thing, right? [Aving via About Projectors]

8:16 PM on Wed Jun 4 2008
By Adrian Covert
6,054 views, 15 comments

Latest by x23: @Alucard: right up there with pimply teens and laser pointer in a theater... or even so-called professional adult men with a TV-B-Gone. all the same category of asshole. more »

geek pr

Fruit-Powered Chip Promo Vid Shows Why Geeks Don't do PR

Being of a scientific persuasion myself, I couldn't help but chortle at this promotional video for the TI MSP430 Ultra Low Power microcontroller unit. Sure, the neat little device sucks really low current and is used in a wide range of gizmos like smoke detectors and the recent amazing Audeo voiceless translator. We talk a lot about alternative power sources here on Giz, and since these guys demo the chip's low energy needs by doing the old "fruit-powered" trick, I applaud them. But, dear Adrian and Kevin, you need to hire a better script-writer and actually drink the martinis you mention as power sources if you're going to get people revved-up about a specialized silicon chip! [YouTube— Thanks Lindsey]

7:40 AM on Wed May 21 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,426 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: i came THIS close to commiting suicide during that video more »

displays

Mitsubishi 80-Inch MegaView Best Bet for Battlestar Bridge

How well equipped is your command center? Mitsubishi is currently trying to woo customers to its 80-inch 1400x1050-pixel VS-80PH40U "MegaView Wall" display. My guess is that Mitsu may see it as the last market for DLP rear-projection sets, now that everyone is pulling out. Though Mitsu isn't talking prices yet, the extra bright, front-accessible screen could well be a fairly affordable way to line the whole CIC with dynamic data monitors (DRADIS showing incoming Raiders, comms waveforms, FTL drive status, etc.), not like Mayor Mike Bloomberg's single, solitary, donated 103-inch 1080p Panasonic plasma. [Mitsubishi via SlipperyBrick]

1:00 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,752 views, 15 comments

Latest by Wilson Rothman: @barco: Thanks for the insight—the seamless-integration thing makes sense. You do, of course, realize we never actually assumed this was for consumer use, right? (Faster-than-light battleships are actually just make-believe, too, but sometimes on Gizmodo we talk about them like more »

gadgets

Home-Made Synths from Tupperware Trip the Light Fan-Plastic

This is what you do if you think that your Tupperware boxes are too good for food, turn them into home-made synthesizers. Adachi Tomomi has made a bunch of them, including a video synthesizer and a couple of Theremins. Consisting of a simple battery-powered electronic circuit, the synths don't have perfect pitch. The Tomomin (bottom left in the gallery) even has a four-note keyboard, and was made from a bunch of Texas Instrument integrated circuits. [Adachi Tomomi via Make ]

10:05 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By AddyDugdale
4,045 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: @MikeHinds: doh. Yes. Lorena. Jeez, I hope I didn't offend her. more »

home entertainment

Meridian's Latest 1080p Projector Is One Bad MF10

How much contrast does one man need? Meridian's MF10 1080p projector is said to deliver 30,000:1, and for the low-end-automobile sticker price of $15,000. (Too bad it's not scalable: I'll settle for 10,000:1 for $5,000—or hell, a 30:1 for $15.) This projector doesn't use the more common lower-end engine based on TI's DLP chip, but a three-chip system based, like Sony's SXRD, on an LCD derivative called "liquid crystal on silicon." In this case, it's JVC's D-ILA technology. Each chip has the 1920x1080 resolution, and manages red, green or blue. There's a motorized lens with 2X zoom capability for smaller rooms, but who are we kidding? If you can afford this, you're gonna have a room big enough to do it justice. [Meridian]

1:00 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Wilson Rothman
2,045 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: @avconsumer: pass whatever you are smoking my friend...a sony comparable to any model year Elite...too funny more »

imax

IMAX Theaters to Ditch Film, Use Digital DLP Projectors

IMAX and Texas Instruments announced they will be working together to transition IMAX from a film-based projection format to a DLP-based technology instead. Starting in the middle of 2008, all new IMAX projectors will include the digital DLP technology and eliminate the need for elaborate film-based projector setups currently found in IMAX Theaters. This raises the question: which billionaire will be the first to have a digital IMAX theater installed in his mega mansion? More »

5:03 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Adrian Covert
6,041 views, 36 comments

cellphones

Texas Instruments Chip Turns Cellphones Into Projectors, Pocket Goatse WMDs

It's like a can of Pringles falling from the sky in Barcelona today. Texas Instruments has a pair of new mobile chips—one gives cellphones enough GFX juice to record HD video, while the other will power integrated pico projectors. Big pics popping out of tiny phones. The suit-and-tie function would be Powerpoints sans bulky computers, while more deviant minds might raid Chen's private tubgirl collection to terrorize large groups of people. [Reuters]

4:40 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By matt buchanan
5,088 views, 16 comments

giz explains

Giz Explains: Why We're Psyched for Silverthorne

Silverthorne is a teeny processor built on the 45nm process (like the much-ballyhooed Penryn), designed for UMPCs, subnotebooks, mystery Apple products and any other smallish gadget that needs real crunching on an ultra-lean power diet. More »

11:40 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By matt buchanan
11,169 views, 30 comments

Latest by whootowl: @w00zzy: Monitors are for wimps. more »

small things

Video: Texas Instruments' Wee Picoprojector for Projecting on the Go


We got a chance to check out the picoprojector that Texas Instruments is working on, both in a cellphone and as a standalone device. The picture that it puts up isn't amazing, but you wouldn't be watching HD movies using this thing anyways. It could be useful for business travelers who want to do easy presentations as well as regular consumers who want to share short videos and pictures with their friends. There are no concrete plans to actually put this tech into, you know, devices you can buy, but hey, they're working on it so you've gotta assume they plan to get paid for it at some point.

7:52 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Adam Frucci
8,015 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: [gizmodo.com] This one is better more »

gaming

Texas Instruments Tries to Simplify Multiplayer Gaming With DLP DualView Technology, Makes it More Complicated


Splitscreen gaming has been with us since the dinosaurs, but the one big flaw is being able to see your opponent's screen. Texas Instruments has invented a pair of glasses that will allow one screen to be used, while showing two independent views of the action, i.e. you only see your split of the screen. Details are light at the moment, but check the video to see it in action. Even the guy at the booth seems confused, but stick with it, it actually looks promising. Expect an update when we get it. More »

2:10 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Haroon Malik
24,117 views, 23 comments

Latest by ab3: @Bookworm: Your tv has to have an output on it that syncs the 3D/DuelView glasses (which the tv they use has) Very few tv's have this, i think the only companies that make DLP's with the 3D sync is Samsung more »

hype sheet

Hype Sheet: Buy This Computer or You're the Worst Parent Ever

The Pitch Time for a little holiday nostalgia this week, as Hype Sheet goes digging through the crates for this 1983 Texas Instruments gem—a textbook example of preying on parental fears. A blond, bowl-cutted moppet sits on daddy's lap, toying with an educational program on the family's snazzy TI-99/4A. "A Texas Instruments home computer can give him a real head start," intones the honey-voiced narrator, as Junior successfully identifies a pixilated rabbit. At the end, however, the message turns more ominous: "Don't put it off!"—the unspoken end of that sentence being, "...or your kid will be DUMB!" America, however, wouldn't be cowed by scare tactics: TI was forced to close its home-computer division that same year. Was the home of the integrated circuit just a victim of bad timing? Or did it botch its marketing strategy? More »

Feature

12:00 PM on Thu Nov 22 2007
By Brendan I. Koerner
10,062 views, 21 comments

Latest by Starcade: My grandparents had one of these. I remember going over their house and playing parsec with the voice module. Was a fun system. more »

mail tracker

GPS Letterlogger to Solve the Problem of Missing Snail Mail

TrackingTheWorld has come up with a potential solution to the problem of letters that go missing in action. Letter Logger is a quarter-inch-thick device that fits into a standard number 10 business envelope and allows the US Postal Service to track its progress throughout the system alongside Google Earth. Here's how it works. More »

3:15 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By AddyDugdale
3,144 views, 13 comments

home entertainment

Texas Instruments's New DarkChip 4 Helps DLP Get Up To 30% More Contrast Ratio

Although DLP is a cheap way to get into large-sized HD sets, it has worse color saturation, worse contrast and is generally worse looking when compared to LCD or Plasma. Texas Instruments' DarkChip 4 is supposedly going to "deliver 30% or more increase in native contrast ratio depending on the application," which spells good news for DLP lovers starting in 2008. We'll try and get some hands-on time with this at CEDIA to see just how good it looks. More »

1:00 PM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By Jason Chen
2,795 views, 9 comments

Latest by Cerixus: I'm glad someone already addressed this intelligently, I was just planning to go with: WTF MY DLP LOOKS BETTAR THAN ANY LCD OR PLAZMA I HAVE SEEN more »

calctech

Wireless Texas Instruments Calculators Allows Teachers to Monitor Students' Work

Navigator.jpegNowadays, the complicated TI graphing calculators are higher up on the school supply list than pink erasers. TI has realized this and have introduced the TI-Navigator. These are graphing calculators with the ability for teachers to wirelessly view the work their students do on the graphing calculator, and the teachers can even analyze and correct wrong answers in real time. This is a great step in helping out struggling math students because teachers can see mistakes made in real time. More »

1:24 PM on Tue May 15 2007
By Travis Hudson
1,747 views, 16 comments

Latest by Worf: ... And sales of HP calculators suddenly increase ... Though, if you were smart enough to know about HP calculators, then I guess you wouldn't need stuff like this. Nevermind the sheer pleasure of seeing the looks on other people's faces more »

gadgets

TI's Mini Movie Projector: Not Everything is Big in Texas

A few select journalists got a flash at this year's CES, but no photos were allowed—until now. Texas Instruments is showing off its Pico, a DLP projector that is chiquitito enough to be incorporated into the bottom of a cellphone. More »

6:22 AM on Tue Mar 27 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
4,507 views, 13 comments

ti-84

TI-84 Calculator: Class Time Portable Media Player

With a little magic, someone transformed a TI-84-Plus calculator into a portable media player. Once properly connected to a USB-based storage device, the TI-84's monochrome screen displays whatever it's hooked up to. Here, we see The Matrix being played back in full calculator resolution glory. Life changing? Debatable. Clever way to kill time during class? Certainly. It's safer than sending prank text messages at any rate. – Nicholas Deleon More »

10:40 AM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Gizloco
1,857 views, 14 comments

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