tattoos
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This Guy Is Practically A Cyborg With His 3D Tattoo
Don’t be fooled: This is not Tony Stark’s latest bionic arm. It’s an incredibly detailed tattoo, one whose proud owner looks like he just stepped out of Neuromancer.
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This Temporary Tattoo Is Actually A Battery That’s Powered By Your Sweat
What if the sweat produced by your body could power your gadgets? And what if the connection between the two could be made by a temporary tattoo, the more you sweat, the more power the tattoo generates? That’s exactly what researchers at UC San Diego have developed — and one day, it could power your…
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Would You Trust A 3D Printer To Give You A Tattoo?
Feeling brave? How about getting a tattoo? How about getting a tattoo from a 3D printer? That’s not as ridiculous as it sounds, as a group of students from the ENSCI-Les Ateliers design school in Paris has shown. Armed with some inspiration and a MakerBot 3D printer, they swapped the extruder for a pen to…
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The Freaky, Bioelectric Future Of Tattoos
We love tattoos. From tribal designs to tramp stamps, we can’t get enough ink. Last month, a Pew study showed that tattoos grace the bodies of nearly 40 per cent of Americans under 40, a massive number of customers in a $US1.65 billion industry. Like any industry, however, the tattoo industry must innovate.