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  1. 10-11-2009, 17:35 #11
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    Wonder if it is CDRH certified then : ) otherwise it would have to be under 5mw wouldn't it because somebody could possibly place it point blank into their eye ?
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  2. 10-12-2009, 07:24 #12
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    Hmmm.... Good point. I hadn't even thought about the CDRH until you mentioned it. But yeah, it would have to have a variance, wouldn't it? (And an audience-scanning one at that!) Now I *really* want to hear what Jem learns from his e-mail registration on their site...

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    As soon as I hear anything you folks will be the first to hear about it

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    I just can't believe how they manage to defeat the diffraction artifacts.
    A mems is just one big grating.
    Or do they have a way to remove the coherence of the laser sources.
    Maybe by a very high pulse rate.
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    Says it's a class2 ...
    Regulatory: Class 2 laser product.1 UL listing planned

    also in spec...

    All specifications are targets and subject to change in final production.
    1 Per IEC 60825-1:2007 and CDRH 1040.10, 1040.11 with laser Notice 50

    http://www.microvision.com/showwx/specs.html

    Very cool product!
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    And here we were, thinking it was just vaporware like the rest... Now they actually have a working prototype!

    That thing is very cool though. Can't wait until someone takes it apart and posts pics.
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    The MEMS they use has only one mirror mounted on beams, and can be tilted; they use it in a resonant mode to get the scan rates needed.
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    I wonder what they'll be able to do with a bigger package...

    Also, maybe we'll be able to upgrade our current video projectors with lasers someday.

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  9. 10-15-2009, 23:52 #19
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    I just talked to someone that help design a chip for this. He said they was having problems because the surface had to very smooth and flat or the picture get's all mess up.
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    They have a devkit for USD4900!
    http://www.microvision.com/pico_proj...plays/pek.html
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