Absolutely fantastic project from Sam Zeloof on IEEE Spectrum:

I decided to convert a Polaroid instant camera—the sort that spits out self-developing paper photographs—into a digital camera. Initially, I was planning to stop there: If I wanted to print out any of the photos I would simply grab them via a wireless connection. But I felt that wasn’t in the spirit of a Polaroid, so I began researching printers. Once I found out that Adafruit sold the guts of a thermal printer for US $40—just the print head and driver board from a thermal receipt machine—I immediately knew it was perfect for adding instant photographs.

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