A maker has created a digitally analog Polaroid camera that is powered by Raspberry Pi 3B+ board with a camera module and using ChatGPT and e-ink.
Nico Tangara used a 2.7-inch Waveshare ePaper HAT connected to the Raspberry Pi where the device outputs images to an e-ink display immediately after they have been captured. Call it a Polaroid camera for a new generation that uses everything in digital format but has the intimacy and immediacy of the classic photo device.
In the video, Tangara shows how he combined the different parts together and wrote the code to enable the Raspberry Pi to enable photos to appear on the e-ink pad. Then it shows how the device is put into action by taking photos of people and places. While the quality is not nearly as great as a traditional Polaroid, it is more of an interesting invention to show what is possible using maker boards.
The Polaroid has four buttons that can be programmed to perform specific functions like clearing the image or showing a project name. The device was designed in Blender and then 3D printed using a Snapmaker printer. All of the scripts used to run the camera were generated by artificial intelligence, specifically ChatGPT.