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ti-boy: ti-84 calculator game boy emulator: math geek, meet retro gamer

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Got one of those Texas Instruments graphing calculators? This nifty little program forĀ  TI-83+SE, TI-84+, and TI-84+SE calculators lets you play Nintendo Game Boy games instead of doing your math problems.

Written by Brendan Fletcher (aka “calc84maniac”), TI-Boy SE is a Game Boy emulator that runs on TI’s Z-80 based graphing calculators thanks to similarities…

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June 30th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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darkchip 4 gives dlp projectors a contrast boost

DarkChip 4 DLP Chipset

Texas Instruments today took the wraps off their latest DLP chipset (the “It’s the mirrors…” projection engine). TI claims the new DarkChip 4 chipset improves the contrast ratio over the previous series by 30% or more.
TI plans on demonstrating the improved image quality at this week’s CEDIA home theater expo on a 3-chip 1080p projector…

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September 6th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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action m25: world’s smallest full hd projector

Projectiondesign Action! M25 Projector

Norwegian projector makers projectiondesign today announced their new Action! M25 DLP projector which claims the current title for the smallest full HD projector on the market.

Measuring just 3.7″ (h) x 9.2″ (d) x 10.8″ (w), the projector features full 1080p resolution. All those pixels come courtesy of a single Texas Instruments DLP chip. The…

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June 11th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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ti working on world’s smallest dlp projectors

TI Pico DLP Projector

Texas Instruments has announced that they’ll be showing off a prototype of a teensy DLP based “pico-projector” at the 2007 CTIA Wireless convention later this week.

The wee projector modules use DLP’s “millions of tiny mirrors” technology, yet will be small enough to be integrated into cell phones and other mobile devices. New efficiencies in…

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March 26th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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