Bacteria based living ink has been developed at MIT. Using 3D printers to print the cells they are capable of making a biotattoo. See http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/12/mit-living-ink-bacteria/ In the future these biotattoos could perform all sorts of sensory systems such as physiological & chemical monitoring, perform drug delivery, electrical circuitry, surface decoration that can change and many, many other things. The original article is unfortunately published at Wiley - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201704821/abstract and is pay to play.
These have been the stuff of science fiction for years - "she got a new app tattooed to her eyelid...." or like magic runes inscribed on skin. This is a technology that will go gang busters over this century and will be a game changer.
These have been the stuff of science fiction for years - "she got a new app tattooed to her eyelid...." or like magic runes inscribed on skin. This is a technology that will go gang busters over this century and will be a game changer.
