Snap&Send digital postcard

by Evan Blass

Why send someone a generic postcard with a cheesy canned photo when you can break them off a 'card containing a set of your very own (but also cheesy) vacation photos? Australian University of NSW student Stuart Calvey thinks folks would gladly shell out $25 for what is basically a disposable digicam in a thin, mailable, cardboard housing. His Snap Send digital postcard concept is making the rounds on the web, which may help the already-accomplished inventor (he won a Packaging Council of Australia award in 2003 for another product) find a backer for his innovative idea. Calvey envisions commercial Snap Sends as bare-bones two megapixel cameras (sorry folks, you don't even get a "delete" option here) with decent LCDs that can be propped up by the recipient for a slideshow or taken to a photo lab for developing prints. We know that someone who's reading this has the clout to make this project happen, so here's your chance to grab this kid's idea for a song before he loses his youthful naivete and goes all Apple with the lawyers and the patents and stuff.

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