Sunday, April 8, 2012

'Epidermal Electronics' Tattoos

Purely medicinal? Tattoos, or 'epidermal electronics’, could be a regular feature at the surgery

'Epidermal Electronics' Tattoos: A Giant Step Forward For Cyborgs -- The Telegraph

A new skin patch that can monitor heart and brain functions could be used to enhance the body’s well-being, reports Roger Highfield.

One day soon, your doctor might prescribe you something that looks like a colourful temporary tattoo. But when you apply it to your skin you’ll end up with more than an interesting pattern. Your epidermis will be coated with a gossamer-thin layer of electronics. In the short term, this tattoo will be used to monitor your well-being. But in the long term it could be used to enhance your body as part of a remarkable new phase in human evolution, one foreseen by Edgar Allen Poe in the 19th century.

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My Comment:
Tattoos are not for me.

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