Another old-school face and the originator of the portable photo printer, Polaroid was inviting owners of its first instant film camera to enjoy (more or less) instant prints as far back as 1948.

The guts are pretty standard fare: a Raspberry Pi and Pi cam, coupled with a thermal receipt printer for instant hardcopy. The donor camera was a Polaroid Pronto from eBay, in good shape on the ...

The convenience of having a portable printer is unmatched. In 1948, Edwin Land introduced the Polaroid camera—a marvel that gave birth to the concept of instant printing. For decades ...