Oregon Scientific Portable WiFi projector is Equipped with a Hinge, Flirting with Your Ceiling

A projector from Oregon Scientific, you say? No, it's not one projector clock and weather, but a DLP pico projector actually is. At CES 2012, the company is good enough to show us an early prototype of its WiFi Portable Projector that will handle FWVGA (854 x 480) in contrast to 1,000:1 and 80 both lumens of brightness (50 if supported by USB only). Apparently at 3.2 meters from the wall, the combination should produce a 120-inch picture of a clear area in total darkness, so we'll see. End unit - doll pictured above - will be slightly smaller than the prototype works, but it will package the 90-degree hinge (not the first, of course), slide the focus, 3.5mm headphone jack and a few buttons for brightness, strength and volume.

By the way, the top of the concave bottom is actually a funky touch-based controller for brightness and volume: slide your finger toward the center to take things a notch, and slide out to crank them. As for audio, you'll have to put the base on a hard surface to allow the speaker vibration that does the job. Audio effects will obviously depend on the surface of the material, but apparently pocket projectors will also serve as a backup if all else fails sounding surface.

While the demo we use a wired connection, the end product - as suggested by its name - will utilize WiFi connection directly to the smartphone, although you will need to install the application Oregon Scientific to make the magic happen. Android does not should not be a problem, although we do wonder if Apple will actually approve said application because there is no love to play here.

There is still a long way to go to this neat little beamer - we were told to expect in the second half of 2012, which should give plenty of time to save for the estimated $ 640 price tag.

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