Driven by Lumus' patented Light-guide Optical Element, a micro-display pod, and the Optical Engine which projects light into the lens -- where it is reflected back to the user's eye via reflectors embedded in the lens -- the Lumus' DK-32 delivers a bright 720p 3D-capable display that only weighs 27 grams.

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The two CES 2012 Innovations award-winning Micro-Optics Display options are the company's first to feature a new snap-fit, modular design making them compatible with any Recon Ready goggles.

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The device has an integrated processor and near-eye micro display, and looks like a slightly bulkier version of Google Glass.

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But the Web is a freewheeling experiment in creative destruction, and an itsy-bitsy piece of software out of Germany might muck up the realm of flashy display ads, an industry on which a Micro-hoo would depend heavily for its ad revenue.

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Organizations like PES now enable educational institutions to issue an industry-standard micro-credential that recipients can easily display, manage and share without fear of denigration.

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Imagine a micro e-reader app which uses the E Ink display instead of the main panel to conserve battery.

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There's no micro-drilled detail here, while a substantial screen composed of the border around the AMOLED display, the phone's edge plus the casing around it makes the phone wider than it perhaps needs to be.

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