One of the latest trends in skin art has been the application of metallics to create beautiful patterns and details on various parts of the body. This is more of a women's trend, obviously, but with the fashion world the way it is now, all is all, and this is one of the easier barriers to acceptably break; if Jaden Smith can rock a dress, you can have a shiny skin tat. The MIT Media Lab and Microsoft Research teamed up to explore the possibilities of this emerging topic to come up with DuoSkin, utilizing the conductive properties of the gold leaf to create functional circuits on the wearer's skin. Imagine being able to control any of your devices with the touch of your wrist, be able to display information like body temperature, or even create an NFC device that can be programmed with your smart device. This is just a temporary medium for tech interfacing, but I'll remind you, permanent tattoo ink is metallic based; maybe there could be a future in the use of your ink beyond its aesthetic appearance.
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