Checkout skin tatoo's project by Philips Design. http://www.design.philips.com/probes/projects/tattoo/index.page
It's a Design Probe. To know more about design probes, you can read here: http://www.design.philips.com/probes/whataredesignprobes/index.page -sajid On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:45 PM, Scott McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the Nokia conceptual video fueling some interesting discussion, I > thought I'd throw this out there as something perhaps even more > removed from our normal > approaches to design, but...well...it's not entirely implausible that > real application of this technology could come about. > Crazy kids... > > http://www.physorg.com/news122819670.html > > Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of > technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design > Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted > touch-screen that operates as a cell phone display, with the potential > for 3G video calls that are visible just underneath the skin. > The basis of the 2x4-inch "Digital Tattoo Interface" is a Bluetooth > device made of thin, flexible silicon and silicone. It´s inserted > through a small incision as a tightly rolled tube, and then it unfurls > beneath the skin to align between skin and muscle. Through the same > incision, two small tubes on the device are attached to an artery and > a vein to allow the blood to flow to a coin-sized blood fuel cell that > converts glucose and oxygen to electricity. After blood flows in from > the artery to the fuel cell, it flows out again through the vein. > > On both the top and bottom surfaces of the display is a matching > matrix of field-producing pixels. The top surface also enables > touch-screen control through the skin. Instead of ink, the display > uses tiny microscopic spheres, somewhat similar to tattoo ink. A > field-sensitive material in the spheres changes their color from clear > to black, aligned with the matrix fields. > > The tattoo display communicates wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices > - both in the outside world and within the same body. Although the > device is always on (as long as your blood´s flowing), the display can > be turned off and on by pushing a small dot on the skin. When the > phone rings, for example, an individual turns the display on, and "the > tattoo comes to life as a digital video of the caller," Mielke > explains. When the call ends, the tattoo disappears. > > Could such an invasive device have harmful biological effects? > Actually, the device could offer health benefits. That´s because it > also continually monitors for many blood disorders, alerting the > person of a health problem. > > The tattoo display is still just a concept, with no word on plans for > commercialization. > > > -- > 'Life' plus 'significance' = magic. ~ Grant Morrison > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
