The Kiipix printer comes as a functional yet low-tech solution that will provide smartphone users with a new way to create a tangible keepsake from their device that won't require extensive capabilities to be created.
Working with only your smartphone and instant photo paper, the unit works by reflecting the image down onto the paper and burning the image into it to create perfect prints in a matter of moments. This eliminates the need for traditional printers and enables smartphone users to create physical keepsakes for themselves or others as the memories are created.
The Kiipix printer is the design work of TOMY International and speaks to the increasing need for physical keepsakes as consumers seek out ways to bring their digital memories to life.
Low-Tech Smartphone Printers
The Kiipix Printer Burns Phone Images onto Instant Photo Paper
Trend Themes
1. Low-tech Printing - Opportunity to develop low-tech printing solutions that bridge the gap between digital and physical.
2. Smartphone Keepsakes - Opportunity to create innovative ways of transforming smartphone memories into tangible keepsakes.
3. Instant Photo Technology - Opportunity to improve and expand instant photo technology for quick and easy printing.
Industry Implications
1. Printing Technology - Disruptive innovation opportunities in developing low-tech printing solutions and instant photo technology.
2. Mobile Accessories - Disruptive innovation opportunities to create new smartphone accessories that enable transforming digital memories into keepsakes.
3. Gift and Souvenir - Disruptive innovation opportunities in the gift and souvenir industry to offer unique ways of preserving digital memories as physical keepsakes.