3M revolutionizes mobile displays

[CES 2008] 3M scientists have broken the mold with an ultra-compact, LED-illuminated projection engine that was specially developed for integration with virtually any personal electronic device. It measures roughly the size of a wireless earpiece, which stands at less than 0.5″ thick, and is capable of delivering VGA resolution images. When deployed in a host platform such as a cellphone. this 3M mobile projection engine is capable of projecting a 40″ or larger image without any speckles and a high-fill factor for superior image quality – or at least that’s what 3M claims. The mobile projection engine itself uses an advanced liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) electronic imager to achieve this. How will it actually function in real life? Why not head down to CES 2008 to find out?