The Impossible Project - The Final Countdown

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This was posted on NPR a few days ago. Suggesting February release of first products.
 

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So much for the January 2010 date. I don't mind waiting though. I am sure that it is worth the wait!
 

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Ektagraphic said:
......I don't mean to sound like a total jerk but LucyS is a paid subsriber..............
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You're saying that it is o.k. to point a gun in a member's face if you belong to a higher ranked group of subscribers?



Anyway, "The Impossible Project had 31.536.000 seconds to re-invent Instant Photography".

Maybe time ran out, and the impossible project indeed proved to be impossible?
But i think all it is is that they couldn't get their new website up in time.
 

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Ektagraphic said:
......I don't mean to sound like a total jerk but LucyS is a paid subsriber..............
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...but let's also remember that not everyone can afford to be a paid subscriber at this time....I intend to be as soon as funds allow, but in the meantime my priority is such photo materials and travel as can be afforded...it doesn't mean that paid subscribers have a monopoly, surely?...
 

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Q.G. said:
You're saying that it is o.k. to point a gun in a member's face if you belong to a higher ranked group of subscribers?
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Q.G.,

The member avatar in question is not directed toward you personally, or any other member/subscriber on APUG. It is, in fact, a small inside joke between the subscriber and myself.

I know LucyS personally outside of APUG and am very aquainted with her excellent work. In reality she is one of the biggest sweethearts you'd ever want to meet.

Her paid subscriber status here was at my original urging. There was no offense intended at anyone on this site, other than a good-natured under-the-table poke at me.

Hope this clears things up just a little. As Aurelien says, back to the subject of this topic...

FWIW, my 82-year-old mother is anxiously awaiting new film for her old Sonar One-Step. At her age the tagline "You push the button, and [Dr. Edwin Land -> The Impossible Project] does the rest" has real meaning.

Ken
 
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Ken Nadvornick said:
Q.G.,

The member avatar in question is not directed toward you personally, or any other member/subscriber on APUG. It is, in fact, a small inside joke between the subscriber and myself. [...]
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Ken,

Though i understand the objection to it, i wasn't me who objected.
My reaction was to the suggestion that being a subscriber made things o.k. that for anyone else (only leaves members, i guess) wouldn't be.

Not that it matters enough to make a big deal of it.
 

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There are no avatar "privileges" for subscribing. Nobody is pointing a gun at anyone, it's an avatar image. Further references will be deleted as OT. That is all.
 

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Polapremium is finally all out of the SX-70 film. Their wesite always said over 1000 in sock until a couple of weeks ago....
 

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They still say more than 1000 in stock (the packs with the new jacket design).
 

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Ektagraphic said:
I can't get through to the impossible project because it says "Internet Explorer cannot display webpage" does anyone else get this? Hopefully it is because they are getting a new site ready
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After the "currently not availaible" message changed into a weird "access denied" message today, their website is now online again. No changes though...
 

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This is what happenes when you have self imposed deadlines and announce them to the world. The world expects things to happen at that time. No one expects things to go unchanged and disappear.

When things do not happen as you plan, you had better have a plan to tell folks there was a snafu in the line some where. A simple "Ah crap, things did not go as planned. Stay tuned." would have been nice.

As it is the general public, who cares, is left scratching their heads. Bad form in my opinion, especially since they made such a big deal about it.
 

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IIRC they weren't going to be selling anything until later in the year anyways. Having their website miraculously disappear is annoying though. It would be nice to have something there. Does anyone know anything?

EDIT oh nevermind it's back up.
 

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tiberiustibz said:
IIRC they weren't going to be selling anything until later in the year anyways. Having their website miraculously disappear is annoying though. It would be nice to have something there. Does anyone know anything?

EDIT oh nevermind it's back up.
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Yes, that was my understanding from back when they started. They had what seemed to be an investor-imposed deadline to produce a viable product, which they appear to have met. That's a great accomplishment, given that they didn't acquire the chemicals or full intellectual property.
They didn't say they would have products in people's hands by now. It was all about R&D. I think they were smart to not promise too much- their hands were full with what they had.
Having the building and machines was just the first step. Creating a functional operation is something far beyond that.
I had my doubts. Things like this come and go. As a motorcyclist, I have seen more resurrections of Indian and Norton than I care to remember.
 

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Got an email from polapremium today, it said the Impossible Project will be giving a status update tomorrow.
 

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The Text of the email sent to Creative Image Maker.

THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT
PRESS RELEASE
22.1.2010


Back to Reality

The Impossible factory is working overtime but so is the rumor mill: Polaroid rocked CES in Las Vegas, dancing with Lady Gaga. This breathtaking performance so overwhelmed them that they obviously forgot to share the real facts about the future of Analog Instant Photography. The details are simple: The Impossible Project is the one and ONLY institution in the whole milky way that will be capable of producing Analog Instant Film for Polaroid cameras.


Back to the Future

The Impossible Project will present the status of its work to the public on
22 FEBRUARY 2010
in New York - where Edwin Land presented the very first Analog Instant Picture publicly at the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America 63 years and 1 day ago, on 21st of February 1947. On this date he changed the world of Photography by announcing one of the most outstanding and successful photographic inventions in human history.

To honor this milestone of Polaroid Instant Photography, we kindly ask you to save the 22nd of February 2010. You will then learn all about the exciting details of the Impossible future of Instant Photography. Details/invites are about to follow; a video of the presentation in New York as well as a comprehensive media kit will be available worldwide.


THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT
Communications I Press Relations
Marlene Kelnreiter
Breite Gasse 11/1/1, A - 1070 Vienna
T.: +43 (0) 1 890 31 90 91
M: +43 (0) 680 318 30 77
F.: +43 (0) 1 890 31 90 15
marlene@theimpossibleproject.com
www.theimpossibleproject.com/2009#press
 
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