In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you’d like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with “Insert Coin” as the subject line.
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While the design hasn’t changed much since we spied Instaprint precisely a year ago, the creators behind the Instagram-connected photo printers are now looking for cash – your cash. Pitched as an event or party service, you can assign specific tags or locations to the printer, hopefully assuring all those instant snaps have at least a passing connection to whoever or whatever paid for all that photo paper. The technology is all a bit Polaroid, as the printers themselves are ink-free Zink types, limited only by however many blank sheets you have inside. Instaprint has set itself the heady target $500,000, with $260,000 of that sum going towards existing hardware and future production. The $399 investment option will net you your very own InstaPrint system, while sepia-tinted image obsessives can offer up £1,449 for the pro kit, containing one WiFi hub printer, three more connectable InstaPrint devices and 80 sheets of inkless paper for your premier cat photo collection/ food gallery get-together. See how it all works right after the break.
Update: With 22 days to go, last week’s Insert Coin star, the Unruly housings for GoPro cameras, has assembled $16,255 of its $25,000 target. There’s still time to make the adventure camera add-on a commercial reality – donate over $128 and you’ll nab one of the first multi-mount frames off its production line.Continue reading Insert Coin: Instaprint offers portable photo booths for Instagram (video)
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