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Skateboarding India, poems on Mars, 3D-printed ears and more in our look at the web this week

When Instagram was purchased by Facebook in April 2012 there was a collective shudder at what would come with it. A successful Photo Map rollout last August added geographic functionality to the favored app, and now they take the social aspect a step further with photo tagging. Before worrying about your Instagram handle being linked to questionable images of yourself, know this time around they’ve …

3D Snowflakes

Skateboarding India, poems on Mars, 3D-printed ears and more in our look at the web this week

Researches at the University of Utah have developed a system for photographing snowflakes in free-fall. With a high-speed setup on the slopes of Alta, the crew has been able to record half a million 3D images to date, extensively cataloging and bringing to life a subject that is normally next to impossible to capture on film and off.

Now Printing in 3D: Ears

Skateboarding India, poems on Mars, 3D-printed ears and more in our look at the web this week

Researchers at Princeton this week bio-engineered ears that can pick up sound in stereo as well as frequencies beyond human capacity. Utilizing hydrogel (a base material in tissue engineering), silver nanoparticles for conductivity and calf cells, which mature to form collagen, the engineers used 3D printing technology to create the ears from scratch.