70 years of instant photos, thanks to inventor Edwin Land's Polaroid camera

It’s been 70 years of instant photography, thanks to Edwin Land, on the left.
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Ann Elsner, Indiana University

It probably happens every minute of the day: A little girl demands to see the photo her parent has just taken of her. Today, thanks to smartphones and other digital cameras, we can see snapshots immediately, whether we want to or not. But in 1944 when 3-year-old Jennifer Land asked to see the family vacation photo that her dad had just taken, the technology didn’t exist. So more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/05/70-years-of-instant-photos-thanks-to-inventor-edwin-lands-polaroid-camera/

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