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name: "Penumbra Magic Postcards"
subtitle: "Paper postcards that play a video when you scan the QR"
date: 2026-05-03
link: https://www.penumbraprint.com/shop/
source: "Web Curios"
topics: [gifts, general-delight]
tags: [print, ar, gift]
---

Postcards printed with an unobtrusive QR that links to a private hosted video or photo set, so the recipient gets the physical card *and* a thirty-second clip from the trip. The hybrid solves the long-running paradox of postcards — the format is wonderful, but a still photo of a beach has lost most of what made you want to send it.
