December 23, 2007

What'll They Think Of Next...

This is the Eye-Fi memory card for digital cameras that take SD-format cards. My camera takes Compact Flash cards, so I can't use it, but I wish I could. It's got built-in wi-fi. That's right, the little Eye-Fi card has wi-fi on board, allowing the user to automatically and wireless upload their photos to their PC - and to their favorite online photo-sharing site or social-networking site like, say, Flickr. Or FaceBook. Or TypePad. Or Shutterfly. I imagine that soon you will be able to use the Eye-Fi card to automatically upload photos directly to your blog.

The journalistic possibilities are rather interesting to contemplate.

The Eye-Fi card, released just a couple months ago by Eye-Fi Inc., a venture capital-backed Silicon Valley start-up, is $99.99 at Amazon.com.

Update: Click the Amazon link or image of the Eye-Fi card and you'll see from the Eye-Fi page at Amazon that another company sells a $24.99 adapter that allows SD-format memory cards be used in digital devices that use Type II Compact Flash cards. Not sure if the wi-fi feature would work, though, but I can't think of a technical reason why it wouldn't.