This is a very interesting article that fits nicely with my past few posts about digital and film. A company is going to attempt to keep manufacturing Polaroid film in a now defunct old Polaroid factory!
The digital storm, Mr. Kaps says, has left analog opportunity in its wake. “If everyone runs in one direction, it creates a niche market in the other,” he said.
So they are now seeking, or reinventing, chemicals that can mimic what Polaroid’s own once did. For example, they are searching for a form of latex that can be easily coated onto a gelatin base to recreate the “timing layer” of Polaroid film, which controls the developing process.
