Stretchy Solar Cells Power "Super Skin" The "super skin" developed by Stanford University researcher Zhenan Bao is self-powering, using polymer solar cells to generate electricity.
Electronic Tattoo-Like Devices Monitor Brain, Heart and Muscles. We might one day be able to monitor our bodies' internal functions — and prevent things like epileptic seizures before they happen — using a flexible circuit attached to the surface of skin.
The National Science Foundation announced Monday that researchers are working on a prototype tattoo-like device that can detect heart, muscle and brain activity. Tiny curly wires in a flexible membrane make up these devices and work better than conventional hard, brittle circuits, because body tissue itself is soft and pliable. Under the skin implants are the future? We read about how a man actually implanted magnets under his skin so that he can mount the iPod nano without the need for those arm-band types – which is a grotesque idea for some.
Artificial Super-Skin Could Transform Phones, Robots and Artificial Limbs. Touch sensitivity on gadgets and robots is nothing new.
A few strategically placed sensors under a flexible, synthetic skin and you have pressure sensitivity. Tooth tattoos will tell you when you are sick, and what you are suffering from. We’ve seen people get tattooed in some pretty odd places but rarely have we come across tattoos for the teeth, although this time round instead of the tattoo being an expression of art or oneself, it will be used to tell when you are getting sick.
QR Code Tattoo for the Geek. I don’t know about you, but I have been seeing QR codes, or Quick Response codes, more lately.
It’s not like QR codes are something new, but I didn’t really notice them being used a lot till recently. Some people in my circle of friends online even use QR codes for their profile picture. We’ve also heard about the use of QR codes on tombstones in Japan. Now what about getting a QR code tattoo? French tattoo artist K.A.R.L. is supposed to be the first guy ever who takes on the job of tattooing a QR code on another person. Nano Tattoos. Kristi Scott April 16, 2009 Being forgetful, I frequently find myself writing reminders on my hand or anywhere else I can.
This past week I wrote and rewrote the same word on my left hand every day, and I still forgot when it came time to remember. Skin Phone. Kristi Scott March 18, 2009.
Implantable Silicon-Silk Electronics. By building thin, flexible silicon electronics on silk substrates, researchers have made electronics that almost completely dissolve inside the body.
So far the research group has demonstrated arrays of transistors made on thin films of silk. While electronics must usually be encased to protect them from the body, these electronics don’t need protection, and the silk means the electronics conform to biological tissue. The silk melts away over time and the thin silicon circuits left behind don’t cause irritation because they are just nanometers thick.
The Illustrated Man: How LED Tattoos Could Make Your Skin a Screen. The title character of Ray Bradbury’s book The Illustrated Man is covered with moving, shifting tattoos.
If you look at them, they will tell you a story. New LED tattoos from the University of Pennsylvania could make the Illustrated Man real (minus the creepy stories, of course). Researchers there are developing silicon-and-silk implantable devices which sit under the skin like a tattoo. Already implanted into mice, these tattoos could carry LEDs, turning your skin into a screen. The silk substrate onto which the chips are mounted eventually dissolves away inside the body, leaving just the electronics behind. These displays could be hooked up to any kind of electronic device, also inside the body. Chips are already used inside bodies, most notably the tiny RFID tags injected into pets. Tattoo You. Surfdaddy Orca November 17, 2009 Animated and programmable LED tattoos connected to your brain?
You could show off your latest Flash animations, watch TV on your arm, or have a built-in PDA screen. The possibilities are endless. Perhaps more than simply a fashion statement, you could use such LED tattoos to display medical information about your body such as blood-sugar readings. Brian Litt, associate professor of neurology and bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, is working with researchers from Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois and Tufts University to develop medical applications for the new transistors. Professor Litt’s laboratory is a collaboration between Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroscience, and Engineering. Arrays of silk electrodes for... deep-brain stimulation... the electrodes can be wrapped around individual peripheral nerves to help control prostheses. Nintendo 3DS augmented reality tattoo is awesome, real.
Last week I finally snagged a Nintendo 3DS and after playing the augmented reality games, the first thing I thought was “Oh shit, that AR card would make a killer tattoo.” And so this weekend, I got the 3DS AR tattoo and it’s fucking awesome. The photo above was taken in my bathroom, showing my little Mii popping out of my hand. Here’s the tattoo just by itself: LED Tattoo.