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Kinect-Using Sandbox Lets You Move Mountains

It's one thing to play in a normal sandbox and other to have one that lets you build things on a massive scale without any chance of getting sand and water all over you. Kids, of course, love to play in sandboxes anyway. Some even prefer being dirty to cleanliness, for some obscure reason. Maybe they feel more...

7 May 2012
15:11 GMT

Panasonic Launches Tiny 20,000 Lumen Projector

Panasonic has finished introducing its newest projector series, one that seeks to be both small and extra bright, to be used everywhere from museums and auditoriums to stages. Three of them are available, or at least will soon become available (at some point over the next two months, May-June, 2012). Their names a...

17 April 2012
09:43 GMT

ASUS P1 Portable LED Projector Finally Reaching Retail

ASUS is just about ready to start selling a product that could have made its way to stores sooner, not that we were looking forward to its arrival with all that much anticipation. That isn't to say that we dislike projectors in any way, shape or form, but we have to admit to a certain level of apathy compared ...

5 April 2012
14:21 GMT

Elecom Prepares Wireless Projection Keyboard

Keyboards come in many shapes and sizes, but the one that Elecom came up with skirts the edges of the word's meaning, since it is not a “board” at all. Elecom has created the TK-PBL042BK, what it calls the “wireless projection keyboard.” The choice of words doesn't exactly make it ...

13 March 2012
14:51 GMT

NEC Formally Launches PH1000 Professional Projector

NEC Asia Pacific has made the official introduction of the PH1000U digital projector, one that is supposed to breeze through even assignments where it has to run for extended periods of time (24/7). The newcomer is based on a 3-chip DLP system whose maximum resolution is of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels (WUXGA). The bright...

28 February 2012
10:25 GMT

Panasonic Builds Full HD LCD Video Projector

Panasonic has just made an announcement in which it promotes the PT-LZ370U, a video projector that will come in handy during art history and film classes, plus engineering R&D, among other things. The PT-LZ370U can project images in Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) and at a brightness of 3,000 lumens. Als...

7 February 2012
10:38 GMT

Download iProjection for iPhone, iPad

Epson has released its first projection app that beams documents and photos to Epson projectors via iPhone or iPad. Targeting mobile professionals and education employees alike, the new app arrives in the neck of time to be coupled with Apple’s new iBooks textbooks and iTunes U.Available as a free download from...

24 January 2012
10:58 GMT

Any Smartphone Can Act as a Virtual Projector

This is one of those inventions that achieve a desired effect in a roundabout enough manner that you don't need some overly sophisticated device to make it work. Smartphones need Pico projectors if they are to, well, project an image anywhere. Now, though, a phone doesn't have to be so complex for that, a...

23 January 2012
10:34 GMT

CES 2012: Sharp 3D Projector Strides Forth

Looks like Sharp is trying to spread its reach as far as possible, having prepared more than 'just' an 80-inch display. Since the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) has finally kicked off, Sharp has begun officially unveiling its products. Needless to say, there are quite a few thin...

10 January 2012
10:05 GMT

BryteWerks Projector Is Part HTPC

Looks like small and easy to hide projectors are not the only things that have been invented over the past few months, with BriteWerks having released one that is both large and mighty. The last projector we talked about was the Velocity Micro Shine, a very small item that could fit in a pocket. Obviously, the ima...

6 January 2012
16:31 GMT

Velocity Micro Announces Pocketable Shine Projector

Velocity Micro just made the official introduction of something that may very well draw a few followers, assuming the company lives up to its promise of affordability and image quality. The Velocity Micro Shine is just the thing people could need when they wish to watch a video but have no TV or monitor in sight. ...

4 January 2012
12:31 GMT

BenQ Intros Its First 3D Full HD Home Cinema Projector

BenQ has recently introduced its first 3D Full HD home cinema projector, the W7000, which is expected to arrive later this month and will become the company’s most advanced offering for home theater setups.At the heart of BenQ's W7000 stands the DLP Link technology which according to the company allows its...

7 December 2011
09:54 GMT

NEC Launches Two New PX Projectors

NEC just announced that its PX Series of projectors had grown by two members, the PX700W and PX800X, which are supposed to be both high-end and highly efficient.Going right to the point, the projectors are the sort of device that one shouldn't expect to see in homes or even small offices.Instead, the items are ...

5 December 2011
11:43 GMT

BenQ Joybee GP2 Projects Your Media All Over the Wall

BenQ just made the official announcement of a second-generation Joybee projector, the Joybee GP2 which has some enhancements over the GP1.The new projector has a maximum resolution of 720p and a brightness of 200 lumens, plus support for many file formats.This lets it transfer documents, pictures and videos (though o...

2 December 2011
11:19 GMT

Acer's H9500BD 3D Projector for Home Theaters Debuts

Acer may have launched a special, new 3D monitor, but that is definitely not the only 3D item that the company made public. In fact, the company devoted an entirely different press release just to make it known that the H9500BD projector was locked and loaded as well. It should already be up for sale too, in Nort...

29 November 2011
18:41 GMT

Sony Trumpets VPL-VW1000ES Home Theater Projector

Christmas is coming and, with it, perhaps the need to watch some old family videos or just enjoy a movie with family and/or friends, but those seeking a projector will have to look at other things than the new Sony flagship projector, and it isn't just because of its immense price. VPL-VW1000ES is the fairly u...

11 November 2011
05:24 GMT

ViewSonic PJD6 Series DLP Projectors Take You to School

ViewSonic already has some projectors on sale but that doesn't mean it won't make more, so it did just that, ending up with a trio of business-ready PJD6 Series DLP models. The newcomers go by the names of PJD6253, PJD6223 and PJD6553w.Obviously, few people are actually going to bother memorizin...

8 November 2011
11:06 GMT

HP Can Make 3D Displays of Any Size with Photon Technology

HP has definitely not been slacking off in the 3D department, as the photon technology has just received some attention. The Photon technology is not exactly something HP spent a lot of time speaking about, not so far at least. Nonetheless, it is quite possible that it will see more and more attention in the near...

7 November 2011
10:07 GMT

RIM Sells MicroVision Pico Projectors Now, Or One of Them

RIM decided to offer its customers something unusual for a change, so it started shipping what essentially amounts to the first pico projector it ever released for customers.SHOWWX+ HDMI is the name of the item that MicroVision put together and for whose inventory handling and order fulfillment it partnered with Glo...

25 October 2011
11:15 GMT

NEC Reveals New Projector, Gets DCI Compliance

NEC's digital cinema projector portfolio has gained a new addition, one that, after undergoing a test, was granted full Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Compliance. NEC is versed in many professional products, like displays for digital signing or other commercial applications. Another sort of device it kn...

28 September 2011
10:45 GMT

IN5312 and IN5314 Projectors Launched by InFocus

The projector market just saw a couple of new additions on the part of InFocus, a company that decided it was high time a certain product line, named IN5300, grew somewhat. The projector market has definitely been seeing new members lately, like the Portable PLED-W500 from ViewSonic and the NEC PH1000U. Now, InF...

16 September 2011
10:58 GMT

ViewSonic Outs Portable PLED-W500 WXGA Projector

ViewSonic announced just recently that it has expanded its product lineup with a new compact projector, known as the PLED-W500, which is aimed at users who require such a highly portable device for on the road presentations. Just as its name implies, the PLED-W500 is built using the LED projection technology and V...

16 September 2011
09:17 GMT

NEC PH1000U Digital Projector for Professionals Emerges

Like all other sorts of electronics and hardware components, projectors are often tailored for a specific set of tasks and working conditions, and the latest NEC product of this type exhibits this.The PH1000U is the newest projector that NEC has invented and officially launched, not too long a time after the V-Serie...

8 September 2011
10:57 GMT

Sony Intros Home Theater Projector with Massive 4K Resolution

While many of us are still drooling over the prospect of installing a Full HD multimedia projector into our home theater setups, Sony went ahead and recently announced at CEDIA the new VPL-VW1000ES projector that is capable of supporting 4K resolutions.This means that home theater buffs will soon be able to watch mov...

8 September 2011
05:34 GMT

New Full HD Runco Projector Goes Below the $4000 Mark

For those situations where a a wall works better than an actual, solid display, there are such things as projectors, something that Runco specializes in, though it looks like it only now managed to experiment with the segments of the market below the high end.If there is anything that current-generation projectors c...

10 August 2011
09:26 GMT

NEC Releases New V Series Projector

NEC is known throughout the world for its various display and projector solutions, and it looks like one of the latter type, or a series of them, have been created most recently, bearing the name of V300W.Most households have one or more displays, be they TVs or monitors, or even as part of all-in-one systems.Still,...

2 August 2011
10:58 GMT

Full HD 3D Home Theater Projector Presented by Panasonic

Panasonic may be best known for its many TVs, but it has been maintaining a visible presence in the projector market as well, where it has actually released what it calls its first first Full HD 3D home theater projector with 1080p (1,920 x 1,080 pixel) resolution.LCDs and Plasma screens are all well and good, but t...

1 August 2011
05:56 GMT

NEC PX Series of Projectors Gets New Member

NEC is known, among other things, for creating and selling liquid crystal displays, as well as projectors, the latter portfolio being the one that just got landed with a new member.When it comes to projectors, they range from the large, cinema-class to small ones, pico projectors being the most extreme minaturizatio...

11 July 2011
09:55 GMT

Upcoming Acer Pico Projector Is Small and Light

Pico projectors may not be Acer's main source of income but they are, nonetheless, an integral part of the IT industry, so it is not that great a shock to learn of the impending arrival of a new one. One might say that projectors are one of, if not the oldest means of rendering moving images, dating back to ...

9 July 2011
05:04 GMT

Canon Outs a Projector Specially Designed for the Medical Education Market

Although lately I have come across projectors specially designed for a wide range of tasks, this is the first time that I lay my eyes on a projector built for the medical education market, namely the Canon REALiS WUX4000 D Installation LCOS projector.In case you are wondering what makes this so special when compared ...

30 November 2010
13:31 GMT

ViewSonic Intros Affordable Full HD Projector for Home Entertainment Enthusiasts

Although I can't think of a single home theater enthusiast that wouldn't be interested in owning a Full HD projector, the truth of matter is that most such solutions available out there are far more expensive than what many consumers can afford, so ViewSonic 1080p HD PRO8200 should prove to be quite an attr...

24 November 2010
04:35 GMT

Panasonic Brings Out New Projector Series [Update]

Panasonic thought it would offer something for the healthcare and corporate settings, as well as the field of education, among others, by revealing the existence of a new line of projectors, known as PT-DZ570.The new line of projectors PT-DZ570 was designed with Panasonic's original RGB booster, which makes all...

17 November 2010
10:50 GMT

Sanyo Intros the LP-XU4000 Environmentally-friendly Projector

Let's face it, although pretty cool to own projectors aren't the most power efficient devices available out there, so Sanyo put its thinking cap on and came up with the LP-XU4000 Eco-friendly projector that adjusts its brightness output in order to reduce power consumption with a maximum of 69%.This new tec...

8 November 2010
05:54 GMT

InFocus Unveils Two New HD Projectors for Large Venues, Featuring 6,000 Lumens Brightness

Although regular projectors can handle pretty much everything that the average Joe can send its way there are more complex solutions out there that cater to the special needs of professional users, InFocus just unveiling two new HD large venue projectors that pack an impressive punch.Coming as new additions to the IN...

29 October 2010
05:14 GMT

Canon Intros the XEED WUX4000 Flagship Installation Projector

Although most of us never will afford to buy an installation projector there's still something inherently cool about them, Canon's latest flagship model, the XEED WUX4000 managing to best most of their other models that are available right now with its impressive 4000 lumens brightness and WUXGA resolution....

28 October 2010
08:35 GMT

Micron Intros the V100 LCOS Compact Projector, Coming Soon in a Smartphone Near You

With the advent of pico projectors, more and more manufacturers have started to incorporate such devices into their products, cameras and camcorders being the first to step into this world, however Micron thinks there's even more room for improvement so it launched its new V100 LCOS solution that should enable m...

20 October 2010
02:51 GMT

LG BX327 Office Projector Ready for 3D Presentations

Even though 3D was hardly a major selling point until late last year, this display mode has become quite popular over the past months, to the point where LG actually decided to bring out the BX327, a 3D projector for use in office presentations.3D definitely got positive reception when applied to movies, and even TV...

16 August 2010
05:49 GMT

Dell Brings S300w, 3D-Capable Wireless Projector

While LCDs or other types of monitors are used for most video output tasks, projectors are often the devices of choice in office presentations, project briefings and other such situations. Such products, however, are often bulky and hard to carry around because they lead to the need of dragging along a significant nu...

18 March 2010
06:32 GMT

CES 2010: Microvision Intros iPod-Compatible Laser Projector

Microvision, a leader in the innovation of a new generation of display and imaging products for mobile applications, has introduced its new SHOWWX, the world’s first laser pico projector. Complying with "made for iPod" standards, the device connects to TV/Video-Out-capable devices, including the iPod nano, iPod...

7 January 2010
08:57 GMT

The Brooch on the Wall Old Soundbug Concept, Now with a Projection Keyboard

There were many attempts to make it big with the Soundbug concept speakers but none has managed to become a viable, self-sustaining idea. In a few words, the Soundbug concept refers to speakers that attach to flat surfaces and transmit sound via vibrations, making the whole structure resonate to the music. Now, this ...

10 November 2008
03:25 GMT

EGP-PP01, the Projector Phone, Is Now Available

If you've always dreamed of having a mobile phone that can also function as a projector, such a device now exists and it's available for purchase. Manufactured by the China-based Epoq Multimedia company, the handset is named EGP-PP01 and it's presented as the "first commercial projector phone." In cons...

26 August 2008
03:22 GMT

Panasonic Demonstrates Two New Projectors

Panasonic, one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics has developed two types of projectors designed for the business environment. These two were demonstrated at the Infocomm08 audio-visual exhibition that took place in Las Vegas from June 18 to 20. What sets Panasonic's new products apart from all...

2 July 2008
08:32 GMT

Computex 2008: ASUS Brings Notebook with Built-in Projector?

Turning our attention, yet again, towards the most interesting product releases displayed at this year's Computex show, we find something that has not officially made it into the spotlight. As he was walking around among the booths at Computex, a journalist got to cast his eyes on a product which, at a first gla...

5 June 2008
03:11 GMT

Brothers' Eyeglasses Give You the Terminator Vision

Japan-based gadget manufacturer Brother Industries has unveiled a pseudo-portable version of its retinal imaging display (RID) device. The new toy comes in the shape of an extensible, flexible arm that mounts on the eyeglass frame.The main display is located right in front of the subject's eye and measures about...

14 April 2008
09:47 GMT

Revolutionary Mobile Display Technology From 3M

3M, the US-based multinational corporation, recently developed a technology that is set to revolutionize mobile displays. Scientists from 3M created an ultra-compact and advanced LED-illuminated projection engine, conceived in such manner that it can be integrated into any personal electronic device that we can think...

5 January 2008
05:27 GMT

TI Shows Off Its Mobile Phone with Pico-Projector

Texas Instruments (TI) has presented at the CTIA Wireless 2077 show its digital light processing (DLP) "pico" projector. The device is integrated in a mobile phone and seems to work great, better than people might expect from a device squeezed in a small handset.The product will not be brought out on the market soon,...

25 September 2007
08:12 GMT

No More Cables, Welcome The Wireless Projector Server

Lindy Electronics launched its Wireless VGA Projector Server which is intended to enable users to eliminate the use of cables in business meetings, presentations and seminars as it can easily act as an intermediate between a wireless enabled computer system and a projector or display monitor. As users have only to co...

14 September 2007
04:23 GMT

DLP Mobile Phone Projector, a Concept with High Potential

The IFA 2007 show in Berlin, Germany has been the place where a large number of devices had the chance of showing what they have to offer for real. Texas Instruments has also taken this opportunity for presenting their DLB mobile phone projector.Squeezing a miniature projector inside a mobile phone is not all that s...

3 September 2007
06:31 GMT

A New Sanyo Projector With Full HD Support

Sanyo announced the launch of a new multimedia video projector, the LP-Z2000, which is fully compliant with the HD standard and offers a rich new 3D environment as well as high contrast ratios and silent operation being perfect for home movie viewing.The new Sanyo LP-Z2000 video projector is intended to bring the hom...

29 August 2007
07:42 GMT


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