Tattoos may soon be prized for reasons beyond their aesthetic appeal. Chaotic Moon, a software design firm based in Austin, Texas, is now developing an archetype for tech tats, tattoos which could turn a piece of body art into a health monitor.
The software design firm is developing a biometric tattoo capable of gathering and transferring health information to medical staff the same way a Jawbone or Apple watch works. Unlike implants or wearable devices, however, biometric devices are applied on the skin as a temporary tattoo. They are capable of monitoring the user’s heart rate, location and body temperature.
Unlike traditional tattoos, a biometric tattoo isn’t touted as a piece of art. Instead, they could be used to help keep track of children in crowded areas or to make payments through PayPal. In addition, the military could also use this technology to keep track of soldiers on the battlefield and alert authorities when the user has been exposed to biological agents.
“This is really going beyond what the fitness tracker is,” Eric Schneider, creative technologist for Chaotic Moon, told sources. “This is something you can put on your body once a year that monitors everything [a clinic] would do in a physical, and sends that to your doctor. If there’s an issue, they could just call you.” Full story...
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The software design firm is developing a biometric tattoo capable of gathering and transferring health information to medical staff the same way a Jawbone or Apple watch works. Unlike implants or wearable devices, however, biometric devices are applied on the skin as a temporary tattoo. They are capable of monitoring the user’s heart rate, location and body temperature.
Unlike traditional tattoos, a biometric tattoo isn’t touted as a piece of art. Instead, they could be used to help keep track of children in crowded areas or to make payments through PayPal. In addition, the military could also use this technology to keep track of soldiers on the battlefield and alert authorities when the user has been exposed to biological agents.
“This is really going beyond what the fitness tracker is,” Eric Schneider, creative technologist for Chaotic Moon, told sources. “This is something you can put on your body once a year that monitors everything [a clinic] would do in a physical, and sends that to your doctor. If there’s an issue, they could just call you.” Full story...
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