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Conductive Bodypaint Skin Circuitry
Conductive bodypaint or ink that can safely be applied directly to the skin could get us much closer to all kinds of science-fictional devices.
(Conductive bodypaint)
The formulation is carbon based and water-soluble: skin-safe and non-invasive. It may be applied in a number of ways including brushing on, stamping or spraying and has future potential for use with conventional printing processes on the body.
For example, you could start with these non-conductive circuit tattoos and paint them over with conductive bodypaint, punching in the various components as piercings.
(Circuit tattoo)
Here are some related SF in the News stories:
- Tattoo Display Fueled By Blood
In case you were wondering how you could power your new circuit tattoo. - Cheap Paint-On Flexible Solar Panels
"Someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers." - Smart Paint: Electronic Power System Surfaces
Moving displays on bottles or other surfaces using cheap injection molding technology is under development. - Diabetes Tattoo Tests For Glucose Levels
An experimental system using fluorescent polymer microbeads implanted just under a patient's skin.
From Flirting with the Future via Next Nature.
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