Nik, I would say that you are One Sick Puppy, except for one
thing: you didn't keep this idea a secret and go and file a
patent application. Maybe you should have, though. You
could be One *Rich* Sick Puppy, someday soon.
iAppli/i-mode-compatible overhead projectors are clearly
a cool and useful idea. Especially since the component
cost could be expected to be considerably less than that
for an iAppli phone. After all, there is obviously very little need
for that expensive pocketable miniaturization in a unit that's
as heavy as an overhead projector; also very little need for
that expensive flyweight power-management magic in a unit
that plugs into the wall and heats up the room. Probably
someone's doing this already.
That leaves the problem of how to be compatible with
all the existing, dumb slide projectors out there., and
IntelliSlide (if I may coin a tradename for some productization
of your hack) would obviously be the way to go, if it's possible.
Something tells me Henry Minsky and allied elves are already
butchering hapless little phones at Keio, trying to make this
idea work.. Francis Bacon said "Nature will not yield her
secrets willingly - we must torture her for them." I guess
he could have been talking about Japanese consumer
electronics as well (if they'd had them back then, anyway).
-m
leap@gol.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nik Frengle" <eseller@eimode.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 2:23 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Elmo meets McGuyver
>
> Andrea,
> And my McGuyver contribution:
> Take a P209is or P503is and detach the two halves of the clam shell. On
the
> screen side, take off the rubber things on the front, which cover the
screws,
> and detach the screws. Remove the back, and the private window lcd and
> speaker. Now, carefully remove the backing of the color lcd display. Use
a
> hacksaw to cut off the piece of case below the display.
> Now, here is what you *should* be able to do with the fairly thin,
> no-backing remaining lcd display--stick it into a slide projector. If you
> splice the wires from the number pad half (actually you *have to*, or you
> can't get the screen part in a slide projector) using a fairly long wire,
> and some tape to keep it out of the way of the LCD, you will have, in
effect
> a remote control.
> Ok, ok, I just dreampt this up on the spur of the moment. It should work,
> and I think you know where there are plenty of phones just sitting around
> begging to test this ;-) Let me know if it works (or if you were silly
> enough to try it).
> -Nik Frengle
>
>
>
>
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>
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Received on Tue Jun 12 07:05:16 2001