The Impossible Dream: Resurrecting Instant Photos Without Polaroid

Do instant pictures have a place in today's world? Polaroid cornered the market on capturing moments on film as soon as they happen with its tremendously popular instant camera, the SX-70, which debuted in 1972. But the world has changed a lot since then, and now everyone views photos digitally -- plus they're shareable to as many people as you want.

Giving that technological reality, it's easy to see why Polaroid stopped making its instant cameras, and even the film, which ceased production in 2008. Yet, to anyone who owned one of the more than 200 million Polaroid instant cameras, it was a death knell, transforming their old-but-useful cameras into retro junk.

However, those came…
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