When all of us are carrying phones that can snap a thousand photos a minute and are connected to cloud systems that can store millions, there’s an undeniable charm to physical photos. The ones deemed worthy; the ones so special that they must be transformed from bit to atom.
While photo printers are nothing new, Polaroid is twisting up the concept (and rebooting an idea from a few years back) with the “Polaroid Lab.” It’s a $129 tower that uses the light from your phone’s screen, bounced off a series of mirrors, to make a proper Polaroid from the photos you’ve already taken.
Open your photo in Polaroid’s companion app, place your phone (any iPhone after the 6S, and “current models of Samsung, Huawei, Google Pixel, and One Plus” Android handsets) on top of the tower, and push the red button. A few seconds later, out pops a grey Polaroid. Did it work? You’ll have to wait a few minutes for it to develop, just like the good (?) ol’ days.
Is using light and mirrors better than just sending a picture to a printer over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and blasting the ink out from a cartridge? Maybe …read more
Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets
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