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Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by abhi3188 » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:06 AM UTC

logfromblammo wrote: post #103

peterjlee wrote: post #71

I think wizards call this a normal camera.

The camera is not the interesting part. The cartridge is the cool thing, and the camera was designed and built solely as the means to show it off from a very restricted frame of reference. In order to maximize the effect, the cartridge should be programmed to "develop" the initial image with a visual effect from a black screen, and then hold there for a few seconds. And then, when the person you're showing off to sta…

a lot of people make that assumption long before the cartridge comes out but adding in that second surprise layer might be cool too

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by abhi3188 » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:06 AM UTC

tarikozket wrote: post #91

So impressive, great work.

thanks!

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by abhi3188 » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:06 AM UTC

exabrial wrote: post #30

How creative! Nice work

:) glad you enjoyed it

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by abhi3188 » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:07 AM UTC

daveheq wrote: post #128

Is this called a Giferoid?

haha I did consider that name at one point of time, decided against it

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by abhi3188 » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:07 AM UTC

minademian wrote: post #140

an awesome (in the literal sense) piece of work - hardware, software, engineering, design, communication, promotion

thanks, glad you enjoyed it

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by abhi3188 » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:09 AM UTC

technomalogical wrote: post #76

iRobbery wrote: post #65

but! Does one still have to shake it and wait to see the image 'appear'?

Looking at the animated gifs in the OP, it does appear to "fade in" similar to a Polaroid print.

yes, the camera sends two versions.. one a programmatically slowed down version which fades in from black and a second regular version. The faded one plays once and immediately gets replaced by the second version which then continues playing on a loop.. I decided to cut the length of the fade in short for documentation purposes mostly

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by abhi3188 » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:10 AM UTC

jscissr wrote: post #77

iRobbery wrote: post #65

but! Does one still have to shake it and wait to see the image 'appear'?

Yes, there is a fade in effect (but no shaking). It is mentioned in the post, you have to click 'Load 13 more images' at the bottom to see the whole post.

polaroid actually recommended against shaking so I decided to do away with that.. was thinking of adding an accelerometer before that to trigger the reveal

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by abhi3188 » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:10 AM UTC

orvado wrote: post #82

That's some next-level geekery right there. Outstanding!

:D thanks

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by michaelbuckbee » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:12 AM UTC

thanatropism wrote: post #198

ctdonath wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Tangential, but at some point of the last 15 years I thought the music industry might move to distributing what amounts to dedicated MP3 players/USB sticks. The simplest ones would be squares with album covers (shrunk like CD covers have shrunk from vinyl), but artists could get 3D creative. You could wear your music in necklaces or in your belt. People would flock to these things as conspicuous consumption (as they…

I can't even find a picture of one they were such a failure, but there was a time that what you're describing existed for AudioBooks.

For a ridiculous markup (I think they were like $80+) you could buy an iPod sized device that held a single audiobook. They were gimmicked up to look like a tiny plastic hardcover with basic nav buttons on the side.

Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it

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Post by will_brown » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 1:24 AM UTC

andrepd wrote: post #195

DonHopkins wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Massive amounts of electronic litter" and "amazing how technology has advanced" into a mad rush to waste resources and energy reminded me of this fire, and all the obsolete PC's and GPU's and ASIC's and coal power plants littering the landscape due to Bitcoin mining: https://www.coindesk.com/gallery-fire-destroys-thai-bitcoin-... https://qz.com/1055126/photos-china-has-one-of-worlds-larges... Bitcoin mining consumes…

That (i) is absolutely irrelevant to the discussion at hand and (ii) a completely fallacious argument, since Bitcoin mining amounts to less than 0.01% of the world's energy consumption, providing a useful service in return (compare with gold mining, which is actual mindless busywork and consumes way more energy than Bitcoin does.

As you type away your response on a smartphone or computer that contains gold (and other mined precious metals).