MIT has joined forces with Microsoft Research to develop temporary tattoos that double up as input and communication devices. Researchers will present a paper on DuoSkin at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC’16) in September where they will demonstrate how the electronic tattoos can be cheaply and easily produced. The tattoos use gold leaf for skin-friendly, creative body art.
DuoSkin allows users to control devices, display information
and even store information on the skin that can be
used for NFC.
In a statement researchers say: “We
believe that in the future, on-skin electronics will no
longer be black-boxed and mystified instead, they will converge towards
the user friendliness, extensibility, and aesthetics of body decorations,
forming a DuoSkin integrated to the extent that it
has seemingly disappeared.”
ISWC’16 will be held in Heidelberg, Germany,
September 12 to 16, 2016.
Download the research paper.