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Yeah except that would create massive amounts of electronics litter..
And Bitcoin doesn't?
Who said anything about Bitcoin?
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
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Why not call it an MP4 then? Due to MP3 it's recognized as much or more than gif.
doesn't have the same ring to it.. i made a camera that snaps an MP4 and print it.. GIF is more relatable and is becoming the generic lingo to denote this kind of medium
It's a video; a vid. A short video is a clip.
Wait; can't call it that because it loops by default.
Gif it is, then.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#173Hah, 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 wor…
Replace that cigarette box by a smartphone, and the implementation would already be simpler AND slimmer. Possibly also cheaper.
But that's not as fun to design and build.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
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Your high school English teacher was wrong. Words mean whatever people think they mean, much like how money is worth whatever people think it's worth. Of course as an individual you can't unilaterally redefine a word, just as you can't declare that a $100 bill is worth as much as a car.
Until it's time to get a normal job.
At most jobs it's more important to communicate effectively than it is to know the historical definitions of words.
Of course, words don't have universal meanings. Lawyers and scientists use the word "theory" differently, for example. In any given environment, you should use words the way the people you need to communicate with expect them to be used.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
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Will you develop a noir cartridge for making beautiful black and white error diffusion dithered animated gifs? https://media.giphy.com/media/l0K7o6Tn4JsJtvDMc/giphy.gif https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg112434...
could easily be programmed in. I was already thinking of experimenting with filters.. printing a black case to go with it shouldnt be a problem
The print could have buttons to trigger different filters.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
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Overkill but much easier from a technical point of view considering what was used to make the cartridge.
My first thought would have been to connect the two PIs with a serial interface. Sure, that's another two pins to connect between camera and cartridge, but on the surface it still sounds easier than setting up a reliable ad-hock wifi. The fact that it would use magnitudes less energy is a bonus. Of course it might be that OP evaluated that and decided against it for good reasons.
Serial?
No, connect them via the USB and configure one of them to appear as a USB Network Interface. Point-to-point connection established. Plenty of HOWTO's available.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
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Replace that cigarette box by a smartphone, and the implementation would already be simpler AND slimmer. Possibly also cheaper.
But that's not as fun to design and build.
For some people here, yes. For others, this would be like reinventing the wheel for the Nth time. But everybody is free to do what they like, of course, no question there!
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#178"print" = transfers image data to a removable screen "GIF" = short video
The word print has meant many things throughout history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_printing
The most broad definition: To make an impression or set a mark upon a surface. You could easily call this printing.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
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doesn't have the same ring to it.. i made a camera that snaps an MP4 and print it.. GIF is more relatable and is becoming the generic lingo to denote this kind of medium
It's a video; a vid. A short video is a clip. Wait; can't call it that because it loops by default. Gif it is, then.
Vid is fine, looping is not the marquee feature.
Apple calls them live photos, I like it.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
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I've long imagined something like that: a card-sized (including thickness) full-color display devoted to displaying, say, an entire movie. Given ultra-thin displays like OLED, dirt cheap storage, and "free" dedicated processing, you could hand out videos like sales brochures or cheap paperbacks. Amazing how technology has advanced.
Yeah except that would create massive amounts of electronics litter..
You can already buy single use phone chargers at convenience stores which, while ecologically horrifying, also speaks to how the economics of mass manufacturing work.
Then again, are single use phone chargers any more ecologically horrifying than non-rechargeable AA batteries or have they simply been around for much longer and have become mundane.