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The MPro110 has picked up some pretty positive vibes in the burgeoning pico projector market, but 3M is already looking well beyond that. At this year’s CES, the company is debuting the LCoS-based MM200, a micro projection engine that is destined to find its way into cellphones, handheld accessories and digital cameras of the future. Reportedly, the device can project a 50-inch image while only drawing a single watt of power, and best of all, it’ll be “available for consumer purchase in 2009.” Yeah, as in, this year. One more look is after the break.

Continue reading 3M’s MM200 micro projector seeks integration within cellphones, cameras

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3M’s MM200 micro projector seeks integration within cellphones, cameras originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Finally ready to give up further details on its 24.8-mm thick LED backlit LH95 (apparently dubbed the LH9500 in the UK), revealing to Stuff.tv we can expect a 55-inch HDTV with wireless HD box included. DivX HD support on the panel itself (sorry, no word about any Netflix streaming abilities just yet) via USB or Bluetooth makes sure there will be plenty to watch on the 2,000,000:1 contrast screen with 240Hz technology. At least on paper, one of the slimmest, best looking LCDs we’ve heard about so far, we’ll see if it impresses in person shortly.

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LG’s super slim LED backlit LCD packing wireless HD, DivX HD originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung Korea has announced it will reveal an ever-so-thin HDTV prototype at CES this week — a clear trend going into the show. There’s a paucity of info about it as of now, but it’s going to be between 6.5 and 7mm thick — and it doesn’t appear to be part of the possible lineup we saw leaked a while back. “Thinnest HDTV” ever, huh? We’ll see about that soon enough: Samsung’s Vegas press conference is scheduled for Wednesday.

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Samsung prepping 6.5mm LCD for debut at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This product is definitely not for those of you “on the wagon”. However, if you don’t mind a constant reminder of a cocktail at your bedside, enjoying a soothing glow of A Glass Of Drink LED Light could be a good way to turn in.

When standing in an upright position, the device gives off luminous hues which smoothly alternate between green, blue, and red. Turn it upside down and the light goes away. It also comes with a switch that lets you turn it off completely. Once again, A Glass Of Drink LED Light does not appear to be an actual glass. So we don’t recommend using it to make gin and tonics.

With its power-savvy LEDs the light could also be considered “green”. But then again, it is powered by standard AAA alkaline batteries. The manufacturer could have easily come up with some sort of self-winding dynamo system, but didn’t. Thus, A Glass Of Drink LED Light did not make the cut for our green technology site, GoodCleanTech.com. Go here for more photos and a video.

Not that waste heat in general hasn’t been repurposed for non-wasteful activities before, but researchers at Doshisha University are now edging ever closer to making useful the previously annoying thermoacoustic phenomenon. For those not really tied into the science realm, said phenomenon is a nonlinear one in which “heated air autonomously transforms into sound when passing through small mesh holes in a wire sheet.” Gurus are now developing a cooling technology that would have heat converted to sound, where it would then be transferred through a tube and reconverted into heat; furthermore, other whiz-kids are looking to generate actual electricity from the racket. In related news, the thermoelectric conversion is being used to transform waste heat from candles into energy for LEDs, which would emit more light than the candle powering it. Pop on past the break for a demonstration of the former.

Continue reading Waste heat close to becoming useful in cooling / lighting applications

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Waste heat close to becoming useful in cooling / lighting applications originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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