<p>As Polaroid's business collapsed, Hipstamatic and Instagram came along to recreate some of that retro aesthetic in digital photos, and very few have looked back. Now a new startup wants to bring back the other elements of the much-beloved camera: the physical print, for one, and the "less is more" mentality of analog photography.</p><p>LifePrint is a small wireless printer that spits out physical copies of the digital photos on your smartphone or computer, and encourages you to share the tangible prints with friends via a social network of printers. "It's basically a physical version of Instagram," founder Robert Macauley told me.</p><p>There are already home photo printers that let you convert online images to physical prints. This one differs because it works remotely and wirelessly, over 3G, which is where the social networking gimmick comes in. So, say you have a relative living halfway around the world and want to send them photos from the family birthday party they just missed, you can "follow" their "printer handle," send them some choice shots that they can print out with their LifePrint machine, and stick up on the refrigerator.</p><p>Of course, you could also just text the photos or post them on Facebook or Instagram and they could view them on their smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Why bother printing them out? Well, for the same reason people held on their Polaroid cameras so long, argued Macauley. You're not going to print out everything, so the ones you do choose to print mean more. They're your favorite moments, the best shots, an experience that conjures up a happy memory, a catalog of your life.</p><p><a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/now-theres-a-physical-version-of-instagram-for-nostalgic-polaroid-fans">Keep reading...</a></p>