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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis electronic tattoo turns your skin into a screen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/04/18/this-electronic-tattoo-turns-your-skin-into-a-screen/Putting clock-radio-style numbers on your skin might not seem all that desirable. But these flashing digits are the proof of concept for a new electronic skin. In theory, "e-skins" like the one described Friday in Science Advances could be used for everything from monitoring vital signs to making wearable electronics a whole lot more wearable.
Lots of researchers are working on "smart skins." The idea is to package electronic sensors into a super-thin, super-flexible material so thin and flexible that the user could wear it like a temporary tattoo. Recently, one research group even made a functional smart skin out of office supplies, such as Post-it notes and foil, showing that the whisper-thin electronic sensors need not be made from expensive materials.
Creating smart skins that include display screens is the ultimate goal: This would allow hospitals to monitor the vital signs of their patients with a simple stick-on patch. And in your day-to-day life, you could have the capabilities of a smartwatch in the palm of your hand or wherever else you wanted them.
"The advent of mobile phones has changed the way we communicate. While these communication tools are getting smaller and smaller, they are still discrete devices that we have to carry with us," study author Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo said in a statement. "What would the world be like if we had displays that could adhere to our bodies and even show our emotions or level of stress or unease? In addition to not having to carry a device with us at all times, they might enhance the way we interact with those around us or add a whole new dimension to how we communicate."
This is definitely a new world and I don't think I'm ready!
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This electronic tattoo turns your skin into a screen (Original Post)
WhiteTara
Apr 2016
OP
The medical applications are great...and they'll be paid down/made cheaper by the enthusiasm
MADem
Apr 2016
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MADem
(135,425 posts)1. The medical applications are great...and they'll be paid down/made cheaper by the enthusiasm
for the attention-seeking "LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" crowd to present themselves in a way that causes people to stare at them (which, of course, will be followed by some sort of surly expression along the lines of "What the hell you think you're looking at?" .
snooper2
(30,151 posts)3. Well, at least this dude would be able to change with the election cycle
MADem
(135,425 posts)4. LOL!!!!!!! I'd love for someone to do a "Where Are They Now" with that moron!!
And, four years from now, the idiot(s) who got the TRUMP tattoos!
snooper2
(30,151 posts)5. Well, I had to google now I'm curious, tat is almost gone- and he is willing to sell space again
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/romney-face-tattoo-guy-says-hes-not-supporting-romney-in-201#.usZ3mLjQN
Hartsburg said his focus was on the economy in 2012, but hes lost hope that it will get better and is now focusing on LGBT issues as his top priority, another reason he said he could not support Romney.
Thats the civil rights movement of our time, he said.
Hartsburg added that hes willing to sell the space, and cited Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, and Hillary Clinton as interesting candidates, but told BuzzFeed News he is wide open.
MADem
(135,425 posts)6. Ha ha ha !!!! nt
randome
(34,845 posts)2. You'll never misplace your cellphone again! Or need to recharge! Sign me up!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)7. Trump could make the "L" on his forehead flash like neon
Javaman
(62,530 posts)8. Tech Tats...
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)9. I missed the word temporary
and I envisioned embedding into the skin. Temporary is better, but to my mind, still weird.
ileus
(15,396 posts)10. Well that would be better than the same old crappy tatt forever.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)11. yes, but the designs seem rather limited
spiral
(8 posts)12. electronic skin
mc10 is on the leading edge of this technology.
welcome to DU. Something about the name, Electronic Skin, gives me the creeps. What is mc10?
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)15. I wrote a sci-fi screenplay years ago in which I called it NutriWrap.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)14. Corporation T-shirts? Hell no. Get a barcode tat.