Mini Projectors On The Rise

New York Times writer Anne Eisenberg has an interesting article that talks about the development of mini-projectors for devices like your cell phone and DVD player.

“It takes squinting and guesswork to make out the details of postage-stamp-size snapshots displayed on cellphones and digital cameras. But researchers are working on pocket-size projectors so that one day people will be able to see a high-resolution slide show right out of a camera, a cellphone or an organizer.

In the future, the miniprojectors may also be attached to DVD players, so people can watch a movie with a TV-quality picture on a nearby wall.”

This is an interesting concept but we have to wonder just how useful this technology would be. With PDAs replacing many laptops for travelers, and now Smartphones taking over the role of the PDA, is a projector integrated into your cell phone an idea that is really that far fetched? Business travelers could give presentations using their Smartphone instead of a laptop. It will be fun to see how this implementation takes off.

Read more at NY Times

Found VIA Engadget