A Printer That Develops Your iPhone Pics Into Lasting Polaroids

Previously on Kickstarter and finally available for order, the Impossible Lab is an analog gadget that lets you print Polaroids from your iPhone. It's brilliant. Here's why.

There are plenty of ways to turn an iPhone picture into a Polaroid-like print, from online services like Moo to portable Wi-Fi printers to Polaroid's own Socialmatic Android camera. The problem with all of these options, though, is authenticity. Sure, you might be able to print out a picture from your iPhone that sort of looks like a vintage Polaroid, but there will be a number of key differences. Where a picture from a Polaroid or Lomocam achieves its distinctive look due to plastic lenses, light leaking through the camera housing, and the chemical composition of the instant film itself, an iPhone can only mimic that using software filters. For aficionados and nostalgists alike, it just isn't the same.

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