May
01
2006Eye.fi - Wi-Fi-enabled Flash Cards
01
2006
This is an awesome, awesome, awesome, brilliant idea. Cameras are just now starting to add Wi-Fi functionality for instantly putting your photos online and those that do have Wi-Fi built in often require you to use a proprietary service (Boo! Hiss!) that puts your photos on the web site they want you to use, instead of Flickr, or your other photo sharing site of choice.
Solution: build the Wi-Fi into the memory card!. Then ANY camera can be Wi-Fi enabled without any sort of goofy attachments. That’s what the folks at starutp Eye.fi are working on. I’m a bit puzzled as to what sort of user interface you’d get to work with, but I’m sure it’ll all make sense when the time comes. Unfortunately, “Eye-Film”, as it’s called, is vaporware at the moment, but if it works as advertised, this would be a must-purchase in my book.