It was also a hot week for energy-generating tech as Intel unveiled a solar laptop chipset that can be powered by a desk lamp and MIT developed a tiny kinetic generator that can produce 100 times more power than previous devices of its kind.

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DLPs are based off of three major things: a set of tiny, tiny mirrors (called the DMD), a color wheel, and a lamp.

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