Disney Enterprises has recently filed an intriguing patent titled “Projector systems and methods for producing digitally augmented, interactive cakes and other Food Products.” This patent application describes a children’s birthday cake with a built-in pico projector. Not only would a video be projected on the frosted surface of the cake, but the automated digital cake [...]
If it’s any further indication that portaprojectors are going big, Syndiant, one of the several leading manufacturers of pico projector technology, have just secured an additional $4.4 million in venture funding from Texas Emerging Technology Fund. They’ve now received $15.1 million in its “B round” of funding, for a total of $23.9 million. The company [...]
Portaprojectors have gotten a high profile writeup in David Pogue’s latest column in the New York times. He highlights the technology as it begins to come of age, and features two devices, the Aaxa L1 (which he likes), and the LG Expo (which he doesn’t). New technology follows a certain cycle. When a new category [...]
Portaprojectors allow you to set up a theater whereever you go, but without a suitable projection surface, your images will be dim, distorted, or otherwise difficult to view. When a smooth white wall isn’t available, a portable projection screen can come quite in handy. These instructions tell you how to make a screen quickly and [...]
One of the main portaprojector technologies is Texas Instruments’ DLP (digital light processing) chips. Several other technologies exist, however, and the competition is fierce between the key players in the burgeoning portaprojector industry. From Dallas News: Texas Instruments Inc. is probably the only company at the Consumer Electronics Show using Pez candy dispensers to showcase [...]
There’s a lot of bewildering terminology out there–and thus a lot of confusion–regarding this new mobile electronic device. What we here choose to refer to as a portaprojector, goes by many other names: pocket projector, pico projector, micro projector, nano projector, cell phone projector, iPhone projector, iPod projector, etc. This diversity of names simply reflects [...]
