Pocket-sized gadgets get picture projection power
Mobile phones that project video and GPS devices that display maps on anything from table tops to walls are some of the products showcasing hot new projection technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
Exhibitors at the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show are showing off matchbox-sized gizmos that can turn mobile telephones, MP3 players, and handheld GPS navigation devices into picture and video projectors.
“It can be used when you want to share images or video with more than one person who wants to see it,” Greg Roberts of 3M corporation said.
“It’s cool. Young people will love it.”
With the small gadgets, which attach to handheld devices, one can project digital television shows or videos from the Internet onto walls to share with friends, or do the same with advertising, multi-media work presentations or sales pitches.
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