"print" = transfers image data to a removable screen "GIF" = short video
"printing" to a "removable screen" might actually be more eco-friendly than printing a "per-frame polaroid flip-book"
which what I assumed initially.
A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
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Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#52Very cool. If you can make that cartridge dirt cheap, you will have invented an exciting new technology. Build a V2 with cheaper tech, change your wording a bit as to what the device does, keep the polaroid link a little bit, but make it your own and then I think you'll have something that could kick ass on Kickstarter.
Make the carts NFC and turn Share on when you remove it. You could Tap to swap whatever gif is currently displayed on someone else's cart. That's probably easier than dirt cheap, disposable displays.
Do disposable displays exist? The ones i have, at least, aren't biodegradable at all, and are in fact barely recyclable at all.
Seems like you're proposing an environmental disaster.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#53Hah, not exactly what most people think when you use the word 'print' but then again ...
People have asked what is the impact of 'free' CPUs. Something Dave Rosenthal realized way back in the 90's was that the electronics for driving a display could be printed on the margins of the display and eliminate the need for a separate controller board. Having watched the evolution of displays and seeing Mary Lou Jepsen's work on the PixelQi and other screens it became fairly clear that it still made sense to use silicon for the controller and glass for the elements, but once you get to OLED technology (no backlight) and printing on plastic substrates then you reach the point where you can imagine something like this project but the size, weight, and thickness of a Polaroid picture rather something the size of a cigarette box.
At its simplest, imagine an OLED display driven by reading out an EPROM printed on the borders. Your camera encodes the image in the EPROM and then whenever you apply power to the "picture' it shows the one image.
Certainly something there to explore, a number of engineering challenges between there and a product though.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#54Pretty neat. Crazy it uses an adhoc wifi network to communicate between the camera and the cartridge. Seems overkill for a battery powered device when they are already plugged in to each other physically.
Overkill but much easier from a technical point of view considering what was used to make the cartridge.
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Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the "new lingo", GIF means a short animated image loop. See, for example, /r/gifs or Twitter's "Add a GIF" feature. A "GIF" can be in .mp4 format, for instance, so there's little connection (other than historical) with the actual GIF image protocol.
Let's be part of the solution instead of the problem.
What would you call a short looping video without sound? GIF works because it's what it evolved from, is still a widely used format, everyone knows the name, and we don't really have a better name for it.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Make the carts NFC and turn Share on when you remove it. You could Tap to swap whatever gif is currently displayed on someone else's cart. That's probably easier than dirt cheap, disposable displays.
Do disposable displays exist? The ones i have, at least, aren't biodegradable at all, and are in fact barely recyclable at all. Seems like you're proposing an environmental disaster.
The idea is great, but indeed it would induce a lot of preventable waste
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#57Lenticular Images allow you to create 2D photos that move:
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#58I was expecting a GIF flip book.
That would be cool, though I imagine it would take much longer to print.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#59That project looks like a lot of FUN, which I think some folks have missed was the point.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#60Just like Harry Potter. I would buy one of these if it was available with new cartridges.