Filed under: Digital Cameras
Like just about everyone else, we miss the Polaroid film format; maybe it’s just nostalgia, but we enjoyed having something we could hold on to (and shake) after taking a picture. Polaroids
may be dead, but the basic concept lives on — remember
Zink, that company whose technology prints digital photos on the spot without ink? It’s joined forces with toy-maker
Tomy to make the xiao TIP-521, a digital camera with a printer built in. The xiao has a modest five megapixel resolution, so we might wait and see how
Polaroid’s own Zink camera turns out, but in either case we’re stoked the tactile experience is back.
[Via Market Watch]
Tomy xiao digital camera has built in Zink printer, the spirit of Polaroids originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Household
Maybe the incandescent light bulb has been sitting in its socket-shaped throne for too many years — GE thinks so, anyway. GE R&D guys have produced a machine that prints OLED materials newspaper-style onto 8-inch sheets of metal foil in hopes that the sheets — which can be pinned to just about any surface — will start the process of home lighting biz regime change in 2010. Picture, if you will, wallpaper or window blinds that provide soft, diffused lighting for the living room after dark — no need for special fixtures, just a wall plug. OLED lighting isn’t yet cost-efficient for the average consumer, but GE hopes that will change soon. In the meantime, expect to see these sheets in a trip-out Flaming Lips concert in the somewhat-near future.
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When you’re hard up for just the right graph paper for your project or drawing, you can print out what you need at designer resource site Konigi. The site’s offering of free PDF templates range from straight-up full-page graph paper, to wireframes, storyboards, and storyboard with notes. The templates are especially geared for web and visual designers, and made to scan as well (the title bar and grid lines are non-photo blue). For more ways to put your printer to good use, see our top 10 printable productivity tools.



