Entertainment

Acer’s New Pico Projector Is Smaller Than Your Phone

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Pico projectors always held so much promise, but they’ve never really stepped up to the level of awesome we’ve been hoping for. The Acer C20 hopes to climb that mountain of expectation.


December 21, 2010
Cameras

Disney Patents Interactive Cakes

Think back, if you will, to the last time you ate a birthday cake. Don’t you remember griping about how it didn’t really do anything? Well, Disney’s looking to fix all that with interactive cakes. Yes, cakes with pico-projectors.


November 12, 2010

Samsung HP-S03 Projector Review: Brownie Full Of Lights

Pint-sized pico-projectors are popping up all over the place. Will Samsung’s SP-H03 be the first to find its way into your pocket? Depends on how badly you need public video playback.


September 7, 2010
Mobile

Samsung Galaxy Beam Probably Won’t Get Released In Australia

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One of the cooler gadgets on display on Samsung’s IFA stand last week was the Galaxy Beam, a pico-projector-toting Android smartphone that hit Singapore shelves back in July. I wouldn’t hold your breath for an Australian release though.


September 3, 2010

Of Toshiba’s Two Lumileo Pico Projectors, One Chains You Up, The Other Makes You Free

Pico projectors: remember them? They were all the rage before everyone moved on to tablets and 3DTVs. A little late to the game, but Toshiba’s two pico projectors are svelte models with a only storage and connection keeping them apart.


August 17, 2010
Cameras

Nikon S1100pj Is Brighter, Cheaper, Can Project What’s On Your Computer

The original projector point-and-shoot, the Nikon S1000pj, was undoubtedly a novelty, but it was a novelty we found pretty charming. Its successor, the S1100pj, is 40 per cent brighter, can act as a projector for your computer and will retail for $US350 (AU: It’ll cost $499 down under – NB).


July 28, 2010

Samsung Launches Tiny, Ugly Pico Projector

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Looking at this Samsung projector, your first reaction may be to cover your eyes in horror. But then when you look at the specs – and in particular the dimensions – your second reaction will probably be a grudging respect to the Samsung engineers who created it.


June 11, 2010

Student Made Robotic Desk Lamp Is The First Step To Tony Stark’s Computer

This LuminAR robotic lamp combines the cute personality of Pixar’s Luxo with the futuristic ability of the robotic arms in Iron Man. We’ll all use one of these in 10 years.


June 10, 2010

Samsung’s Big Time, Pocket-Sized Pico Projector

You may not be able to tell from this context-deprived picture, but Samsung’s SP-H03 pico projector is small. Really small. Like, hockey puck small. And it puts 854×480 resolution and 1GB of internal memory in the palm of your hand.


May 21, 2010

Uniden Launches A $999 Laser Pico Projector

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This Uniden pico projector costs a grand. It projects images up to 100 inches diagonal, weighs just 122 grams and can project for almost two hours. Oh, and it has lasers, which is probably why it costs more than some 40-inch TVs.