But what you probably haven't seen is this euro cent-sized projector created by crafty German engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering in Jena.

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In fact, the only member of the commission with any background in engineering specializes in physics and optics.

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Its 25 people include a PhD in Electrical Engineering who is an expert on fiber optics, an aerospace engineer, and a computer scientist with a string of entrepreneurial successes in his wake.

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Corporate Connections: Amateur stargazers outfit themselves with telescopes from Bushnell Performance Optics , Celestron International and Meade Instruments, while companies like Lomo and DFM Engineering build rigs for professionals.

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The hinge technology will have to be an engineering marvel, and making the folding crease of the screen invisible will pose problems in materials, optics, and touch technologies.

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