The Impossible Project - MB Interview
In June of 2008, Polaroid shuttered its SX-90 instant film manufacturing facility in Enschede, Netherlands, citing the global shift toward digital technology. Of course. Almost immediately after, Austrian entrepreneur Florian Kaps teamed up with Dutch scientist and 28-year Polaroid employee, Andre Bosman, to rescue the factory and its instant film manufacturing equipment. Setting themselves a one year goal, they set out to re-engineer Polaroid's legendary and complex film. And look at that analog watch: time's up! Motherboard recently exchanged some words with both Kaps and Bosman to see how things are developing in advance of their February re-launch of instant analog film.
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- film,
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- polaroid,
- technology
- Bookmarked 1 month, 1 week ago, on January 30, 2010