# Dynamic tattoos promise to warn wearers of health threats

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/dynamic-tattoos-promise-to-warn-wearers-of-health-threats/
- Published: 2020-09-29T10:00:04-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: UV-activated tattoo ink is invisible until exposed to UV light. Jesse Butterfield/The Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials, University of Colorado Boulder, CC BY-NC-ND. Article by Carson J. Bruns. In the sci-fi novel “The Diamond Age” by Neal Stephenson, body art has evolved into “constantly shifting mediatronic tattoos” – in-skin displays powered by nanotech robopigments. In the 25 years since the novel was published, nanotechnology has had time to catch up, and the sci-fi vision of dynamic tattoos is starting to become a reality. The first examples of color-changing nanotech tattoos have been developed over the past few years, and they’re not just for body art. They have a biomedical purpose. Imagine a tattoo that alerts you to a health problem signaled by a change in your biochemistry, or to radiation exposure that could be dangerous to your health. […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio