A creative solution to the problem of... (Score 4, Insightful)

No Funding! I think the point that people are missing here is that the project does not have a budget. There is no money to spend on a video projector. The entire system relies on hardware which is, on a regular basis, serving an entirely different purpose. This solution allows them to create a large display when it is necessary, out of components at hand. Almost any computer lab can generate a 4' x 5' display on demand.

Also, what is the effective resolution of such a screen? It sounds remarkably similar to the IBM ultra high resolution LCD we heard about a while back.

Spurious