The really cool thing about how digital technology has changed the world is that by the time you buy this dumb plastic toy and just 9 of those little wheels, you could buy this pico-projector and project all of the pictures you'll ever take.<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001L4L7AQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=1369844086&sr=8-8&pi=SL75" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001L4L7AQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=...</a>
I'd be a lot more inclined to believe it if I saw photos of the images being projected on a wall. Somehow I don't believe that tiny projector will look too good.
I will be reminded of how completely out of touch I am with reality these days if this does well. That said, I somewhat jokingly predicted this trend previously. With the explosive growth of digital information and electronics, I think we'll see a renaissance of analog, mechanical, and otherwise "physical" things.<p>Perhaps sometimes people don't want everything to be electronic/digital? Example: digital photo frames.
It's interesting the throwback trend to the old slide projectors.<p>A friend of mine has an app for iPad and AppleTV that mimics the old slide projectors called "The Carousel" (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/carousel-slide-projector-for/id572401095?ls=1&mt=8" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/carousel-slide-projector-for...</a>). Basically, it uses the iPad like an old slide projector (complete with the <i>chunk chunk</i> sounds, visuals, and controls), and then "projects" the slides to AppleTV (which is then made to look like a projector screen). And I believe it also streams the pictures from Instagram, but I'm not positive.<p>Screenshot: <a href="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/553590_359166274177153_712695225_n.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/553590_359166274...</a>
I think the traffic that this post is generating is totally throwing off their launch_email campaign stats... The link above is to:<p><a href="http://www.getprojecteo.com/?utm_source=Projecteo+site+sign+ups&utm_campaign=cf223d797b-launch_email5_29_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7b9c6bc380-cf223d797b-72942813" rel="nofollow">http://www.getprojecteo.com/?utm_source=Projecteo+site+sign+...</a>
I have no doubt that, given the proper marketing, the cute factor will make this a trendy gift for one holiday, either Christmas or Valentine's. But it's definitely one of those neat little things that could get its 15 minutes and, for a bunch of folks, be hidden in a box somewhere as a small reminder of the weird shit we did along the way.
Always good to see a new physical product on the market.<p>All is well but I decided not to part with $35 for this product - simply because 9 photos are there forever and you can't change that.<p>If you had a web interface where 10 of your photos could be selected and then projected, now that's what I'd be willing to pay for.<p>I'm sure it'll be a success though.
This is awesome, the companies other projects look cool too [1]. I remember seeing their other project foldable.me on kickstarter, I wonder why they didn't take that route this time?<p>[1] <a href="http://mintdigital.com/portfolio" rel="nofollow">http://mintdigital.com/portfolio</a>
I would love to have something like this for doing impromptu presentations. But unfortunately I do not hold many presentations under a blanket. Seriously, how usable is this in daylight? Or is this just some 10 sec "ha, that's nice and now what?" gimmick?
I once had half a plan to do make a Kickstarter campaign for a portable vinyl recorder (dictaphone style, except wildly impractical) to troll hipsters. I wonder if this is similar.