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New Uses For LCD Technology
HaggiZ writes "A design student from the University of New South Wales has developed a postcard with a built-in camera and LCD display. As the article states, you simply snap the photos and send it to your loved ones and 'they tear open the perforations, fold out a little kick stand on the back and sit it on a bench top. Then it's as simple as pressing a button and it will go through a slide show of images.' I also found these credit cards with build in LCD displays. It sounds like the perfect solution for credit card fraud, with the card generating a One Time Password for each transaction."
this is old technology combined in one package.
/. /. shouldn't be promoting business but technology.
How much you want to pay for that ?
If it's enough, I'll supply (and I can)
Just to be clear I don't think this is really anything for
It isn't designed to be used by professional photographers or anyone wanting a sharp, distortion-free, low chromatic abberation image. It is designed for taking snapshots and sending them to a friend or family member. It is for fun. But for what it is worth, some very serious photographers use cameras that have incredibly bad lenses. Google for Holga images to see some great examples.
Actually, the site linked would tell you that...
The one-time password is to protect against people knowing your credit card number etc. and using it without having the physical card (i.e. online). It wouldn't help you if someone finds the card.
The industrial designs student has only came up with the idea of a disposable camera that can be used as a post-card.
Sounds great in theory but wait until the various postal services of the world get their hands on it...crunch, snap, hmm what's all that dribbly stuff?
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
It's a completely different idea. As you describe it, Walgreens is just selling the digital equivalent of the "disposable" camera that has been around for years. (as you point out, there is nothing disposable about these cameras - you want the photos, you've got to return it and it gets reused. the Kodak "disposable" film camera is returned to a processsor more than 95% of the time and gets reused many times with replacement lens etc). This guy's idea is more like a polaroid postcard - take the snap, put a stamp on it, write on the back and send it off. Instant, dude. And techy. What a waste, I agree, but I could see people buying it.
Does anyone else view the disposableness of this invention with disapproval? We generate enough waste as it is, we don't need more disposable stuff. It might be cool if you could erase what the person sent you and then use it yourself though.
And yet millions of people use their cellphone as a camera.
Yes, but with a credit card, the law guarentees you don't have liability. the thief is stealing from the bank. not you. With a debit card, the bank may have a policy of limiting your liability, but that is purely part of their policy and who knows how they interpret it and I bet they have clauses in their policy making appeal of their decision quite difficult. With a debit card the law says the money was stolen from you, so it is ultimately your responsibility to recover your money. with a credit card, the money was stolen from the bank so it is the banks responsibility.
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