Don't throw out that Polaroid just yet, make it digital
By Ryan Block 
posted Feb 10th 2008 9:12PM
posted Feb 10th 2008 9:12PM
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oooo I'll just mount that Polaroid webcam on top of my laptop screen and I'll be set!
But your mackbook air will cut it on half.
For those who don't hit the read link, he just put a web cam in a polaroid body.
Yeah, how lame. This isn't worth a post on Engadget at all.
I wish I could vote down this Engadget post.
I don't mind so much that it is on Engadget, but I do mind that Ryan wasn't upfront about what was going on. When I saw it I was like how the heck did he do that (thinking it was impossible), but then I saw it was simply a case mod to a webcam.
aww way to spoil it. i was so excited to be disappointed
Whoa, what part of "transforming an old Polaroid into a digital camera (in this case, a USB-connected webcam)" did you guys not get?
Ryan, your article reads like this guy somehow used the internal parts of a Polaroid camera and somehow connected them to a USB adapter to make a working webcam, which could not be further from the truth.
This shouldn't even be on the site, and even if it did make it, the article should have read, "This guy took a Polaroid camera shell and mounted a USB webcam in it. Big whoop."
Will it have a built in photo printer?
Step 1
Get a digital camera
Step 2
Get a matching prrinter dock that will fit that camera snugly
Step 3
Duct tape said components together
Voila, Neo-polaroid!
Step 4
????
Step 5
Profit!
Cool, but it would have been much cooler if he had gotten a cheap camera (
(maybe a hacked digital cvs disposable), installed it in the camera (rerouted buttons and all), then installed a tiny instant photo printer.
land camera?
If you're just going to mock the poor thing by turning it into its replacement, better to sell it to someone who actually appreciates a film camera.
somethings should be left analog. this is a classic gadget. keep it the way it was.
no, headline is very mis leading. When one transforms a polaroid to digital, one assumes it still acts like a camera.. taking pictures remotely, to be uploaded to a pc later. The webcam does not take pictures, and this camera requires a pc to be connected at all time. lame.
Darn it... I guess the porn industry is going to find other ways to do the proof shots.