Before Instagram, there was real instant film.
(Credit: Impossible Project)
Polaroid cameras used to be the coolest things. You'd huddle around a little square of weird photographic paper, waiting for the image to magically appear out of nothing. You just don't get the same thrill from capturing a photo on your smartphone. Until now.
I'm at the Kickstarter page for the Impossible Instant Lab, watching the pledge numbers rise in real time. Backers are jumping in on the $149 early-bird price (regularly a $229 pledge) for a device that turns photos from an iPhone into Polaroid pictures.
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The Impossible Instant Lab features a telescoping top. You select a picture using a special app, place the iPhone at the top, open the shutter, wait for the signal, and close the shutter again. Push a button and your photo pops out to d... [Read more]
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