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Sugar-Cube-Sized Video Projector Created

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JENA & DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 15, 2006 -- Researchers have overcome traditional obstacles and created a video projector no larger than a sugar cube. Instead of the conventional microarrays, it contains just a single mirror which can be rotated around two axes, making it smaller, lighter and handier than traditional projectors.This projector created by German researchers gets by with a single mirror instead of a million. As a result, it is smaller and more manageable. (Photo: Fraunhofer IOF) Cameras, MP3 players and memory chips are growing smaller by the day, and the next challenge for researchers was to shrink the projector, a...Read full article

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    Published: September 2006
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    A two-electrode device with an anode and a cathode that passes current in only one direction. It may be designed as an electron tube or as a semiconductor device.
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