Techno Babble

Lots of reports appearing on the web coming out from CES 2008.

I’ll note some of those that catch my eye while browsing around.

Fujitsu -  A Fabric PC, based on ideas around electronic paper, is literally a PC made out of fabric …

… reports Engadget at

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/fujitsu-intros-a-handful-of-concept-designs-at-ces-2008/

and a report from Gizmodo at

http://gizmodo.com/341138/fujitsus-fabric-pc-and-three-other-forward+looking-concepts

Further pictures and comment from Wired at
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/fujitsus-future.html

Talking about Gizmodo, check out their frequently updated reports on all things happening at CES from

http://gizmodo.com/tag/ces-2008/

Sony has an interesting site specifically for Sony at CES where, amongst other things, you can see some of the first pictures of their OLED television (which has an ultra slim (3mm) 11 inch screen for $2500). They’re also showing a larger 27inch version at the show

The site is worth a browse at

http://www.sony.com/ces/index.html

Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite

At the forthcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008, Microvision (http://www.microvision.com/) is due to reveal an ultra-thin, handheld, battery powered, full colour, laser projector which is possibly the worlds smallest.

Press Release at:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=114723&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1090397&highlight=

This version, with the codename SHOW, is an advanced, standalone, fully functioning prototype using the proprietary miniature PicoP (TM) display engine - which can display a widescreen, DVD quality image at 848×480 pixels (WGVA) using red, green and blue lasers.

Find out exactly how it works at

http://www.microvision.com/pico_projector_displays/howitworks.html

SHOW can connect directly to laptops, mobile phones, portable media players, digital cameras and other mobile devices to project large, high-resolution images and video onto any surface. The images projected can range anywhere from 30cm to 2.5m in size depending upon the projection distance and are always in focus. The production version of the device is expected to offer approximately 2.5 hours of continuous battery life, sufficient to watch a full-length movie without a need for recharging.

Back in July (2007) Microvision announced that it had signed an agreement with Motorola and more recently signed a development contract with one of the world’s leading distributors and manufacturers of diverse consumer electronics products to create Pico Projectors For Mobile Applications.

Press Release at

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=114723&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1090863&highlight=