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Re: Wireless LAN SD

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Post by gregsadetsky »

I remember - or maybe am mis-remembering - that years ago, SD cards used to exist with wifi access. I'm not sure whether you could read the card remotely? Or the card presented itself as a card, but actually streamed your data? But I remember that they existed?

But the thing that struck me even more is that - again, I may be wrong - those cards actually ran Linux? They were super tiny computers?

In a sense, I find it incredible because - is there a parallel world where we'd all be using SD cards as micro computers, and would just have small docks with usb/ethernet? These could have competed with Pis, could be deployed as micro servers..?

Anyway, if someone has real actual information, I'd love to learn more!

Actually - this article [0] seems to imply that this whole micro-world is sorta dead? But wifi SD cards are real and exist? Do they run Linux...??

[0] https://www.mbreviews.com/best-wifi-sd-card/

Re: Wireless LAN SD

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Post by rcdemski »

Reminds me of the Eye-Fi SD cards [0] that would store photos taken with your camera and then allow you to wirelessly over your network download photos from the camera, and later would do geotagging based on visible wifi networks. 20 years ago it felt like the future.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye-Fi

Re: Wireless LAN SD

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Post by Fwirt »

What I’ve always wished is that I could take pictures with a nice DLSR or bridge camera and have a way to quickly load the RAWs into my phone for culling and processing. You could get the best of both worlds, better sensors and lenses, and simple developing within seconds. I know there are cameras with built-in WiFi that do this but camera manufacturers seem to let their software become outdated quickly.

Re: Wireless LAN SD

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Post by LeoPanthera »

gregsadetsky wrote: post #2

I remember - or maybe am mis-remembering - that years ago, SD cards used to exist with wifi access. I'm not sure whether you could read the card remotely? Or the card presented itself as a card, but actually streamed your data? But I remember that they existed? But the thing that struck me even more is that - again, I may be wrong - those cards actually ran Linux? They were super tiny computers? In a sense, I find it…

Indeed, you are thinking of the eye-fi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye-Fi

Re: Wireless LAN SD

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Post by jewel »

rcdemski wrote: post #3

Reminds me of the Eye-Fi SD cards [0] that would store photos taken with your camera and then allow you to wirelessly over your network download photos from the camera, and later would do geotagging based on visible wifi networks. 20 years ago it felt like the future. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye-Fi

I had an Eye-Fi card in my DSLR years ago and had a python script [0] running on my home server that'd download the photos as they were taken. It'd play a noise over the home audio system to let the taker know that the photo had transferred.

It worked fairly well but at some point I got nervous that it might miss a photo and switched back to a boring SD card.

[0]: https://www.returnbooleantrue.com/2009/01/eye-fi-standalone-...

Re: Wireless LAN SD

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Post by blitzar »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #5
gregsadetsky wrote: post #2

I remember - or maybe am mis-remembering - that years ago, SD cards used to exist with wifi access. I'm not sure whether you could read the card remotely? Or the card presented itself as a card, but actually streamed your data? But I remember that they existed? But the thing that struck me even more is that - again, I may be wrong - those cards actually ran Linux? They were super tiny computers? In a sense, I find it…

Indeed, you are thinking of the eye-fi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye-Fi

These made wirelessly syncing your pda a simple 8 step process back in the day.
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