- I wonder if this has implications for custom home chips/prototyping. I'm sure a big issue is vibrations but something like this could remove the need for masks at least. (again, not my area so I am clobbering terminology I am sure). It may open up home fab capabilities.
by antimatter15
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- This reminds me of the original patents that Magic Leap had, which involved pumping light through a single optical fiber that was wiggled by piezoelectrics into a spiral to project light (https://kguttag.com/2018/01/06/magic-leap-fiber-scanning-dis...).
by kylehotchkiss
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- Sounds like this will have interesting fiber-optic implications?
by CoolThings
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- This might be relevant for Augmented Reality headgear.
- What is this, a movie theater for ants?
- > The chip projected a roughly 125-micrometer image of the Mona Lisa.
This may seem small (barely visible as a dot to the naked eye), but that's also the geometric mean of the Planck length and the diameter of the observable universe. So average size actually.
by cordwainersmith
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- How do you even fit a video projector onto something that small, the physics feel like they shouldn't cooperate.
- This is actually getting close enough to manipulate the _phase_ of light! And doing that would allow creating true holograms.
Or alternative true augmented reality glasses that are not limited to one focal plane.
- Oh wait. It does have the correct title. My fruit flies are cheering.
- [dead]
- Cool. Now I can show videos to my fruit flies! /s
Srsly title should be "MEMS Array Chip the Size of a Grain of Sand Can Project Video"
not
"MEMS Array Chip Can Project Video the Size of a Grain of Sand"
by gurumeditations
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- This is revolutionary. No other way to put it.
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