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Headline: Bosch's Tiny Laser Projection Module Puts Touchscreens In Your Wardrobe

Caption: Bosch has unveiled a device that could be fitted to furniture to plug regular old shelves into the Internet of Things. The BML100PI module projects a touchscreen onto shelves to help you pick out an outfit or book a laundry pickup. A generated laser beam creates a focus-free image on any surface and then scans it line-by-line to detect any gestures or finger movements. Bosch Sensortec’s Interactive Projection Module provides a touchscreen with a highly intuitive user experience for any smart home appliances as a fully flexible alternative compared to a static, physical screen. The device itself measures just 47 x 43 mm (1.9 x 1.7 in), making it smaller than a credit card, and consumes about 2 W of power. The idea is that it could be embedded into kitchen appliances, home gadgets or furniture, where it projects an interactive display onto up to six surfaces at once. Bosch says the device will throw sharp images onto any surface type, whether it's dark, colored, wet, stepped or curved. "With this Interactive Projection Module any regular shelf can easily be transformed into a personal assistant for the user, greatly enhancing the level of convenience in people’s daily lives." explained Dr. Stefan Finkbeiner, CEO of Bosch Sensortec. Bosch is demonstrating the device at CES this week, and says it will be available in the second quarter of 2020.

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