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<span style="font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:110%">OPLIN 4Cast #774: Tattoos have gone high tech</span><br>
<span style="font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-style:italic;font-family:arial">October 27th, 2021</span></p>
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I admire the artistry and commitment of tattoos, but they're not for me. (Too fickle to settle on a design, and I'm kind of wimp when it comes to pain.) But some recent tattoo-related tech news has me pondering. What if my tattoo could <a href="https://gizmodo.com/scientists-have-invented-light-up-oled-tattoos-1846379012" target="_blank">glow</a>, or <a href="https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2021/10/samsung-invents-stretchable-displays-with-bio-sensors-that-could-be-used-as-health-patches-something-that-apple-could-be-int.html" target="_blank">monitor my health</a>? Or how about a temporary QR Code that links to an <a href="https://youtu.be/d15JOd75uG8?t=41" target="_blank">appropriate song</a>?
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</li><li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dapk/qr-code-tattoos-pandemic-vaccine-green-pass" target="_blank">People Keep Getting QR Codes Tattooed on Their Body</a> [<em>Vice</em>] "Tattoos are a way to capture a significant memory on your skin, a permanent-ish stamp that tells a story or, at the very least, a design you vibe with. But in the world of QR codes, the ink can be scanned to become songs, resumés, Instagram profiles and even…. wait for it... vaccine certificates."</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://mashable.com/deals/oct-26-tattoo-set-on-sale" target="_blank">Wave this device over your skin and test out a temporary tattoo design for a few days</a> [<em>Mashable</em>] "With Prinker's Tattoo Device, you can customize and print any tattoo design, then transfer it directly to the skin, where it will last up to three days... a foolproof way to live life to the fullest — without regret later."</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/style/ephemeral-tattoos-disappearing-ink.html" target="_blank">Disappearing Tattoos Set Off Existential Debate</a> [<em>New York Times</em>] "A company has engineered a body ink that disappears in 15 months or less, setting off an existential debate about commitment."</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56561708" target="_blank">Could electric tattoos be the next step in body art?</a> [<em>BBC</em>] "One day it will be possible to embed all necessary components in the transferable tattoo itself - including a sensor to monitor someone's vital signs such as heart rate or skin hydration, and a power source to keep the device working for a few hours, at least."</li>
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<p style="text-align:left;font-size:20px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><small><strong><em>From the <a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org" target="_blank">Ohio Web Library</a>:</em></strong></small><br>
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<li>Mims, Christopher. “<a href="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sch&AN=83356064&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">Electronic Tattoos</a>. (Cover Story).” <em>Scientific American</em>, vol. 307, no. 6, Dec. 2012, p. 44. </li>
<li>Stankiewicz K, Jalian HR, Chuang G, Shofner J, Anderson RR. "<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.22028" target="_blank">Searching for optimal tattoo removal: a side-by-side comparison</a>." <em>Lasers in surgery and medicine</em>., 2012, 44(4), 350.</li>
<li>Temming, Maria. “<a href="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sch&AN=130263735&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">Temporary Electronic Tattoo Is 3-D Printed</a>.” <em>Science News</em>, vol. 194, no. 1, July 2018, p. 5.</li>
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