This will take more than 60 seconds: rescuing Polaroid Film format

The Impossible Project, in Netherlands, aims to

re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras in 2010. We have acquired Polaroid's old equipment, factory and seek your support.

They've acquired the factory and capital equipment pretty much as it was when shut-down in June 2008, in good shape and production-ready. The task is to replicate some bits of the old Pola cartridges' workings, and reinvent other old aspects that stayed constant for 40 years, despite manufacturing and materials advances. 40 years and no core R&D retooling by Polaroid? Damn, that's riding a mature horse till it's a pile of bones. Despite the limitations of the format, it's nice to see. Check out the site for details.

Oh, yeah, almost forgot: On December 23, 2008, the last major supplier of VHS tapes, Distribution Video Audio Inc. of Palm Harbor, Florida, shipped its final truckload.