Digital Tattoo Implants – The Future is Now

The rate at which science fiction is becoming science reality is breathtaking.  The latest example is an invention by Jim Mielke:

The basis of the 2×4-inch “Digital Tattoo Interface” is a Bluetooth device made of thin, flexible silicon and silicone. It´s inserted through a small incision as a tightly rolled tube, and then it unfurls beneath the skin to align between skin and muscle. Through the same incision, two small tubes on the device are attached to an artery and a vein to allow the blood to flow to a coin-sized blood fuel cell that converts glucose and oxygen to electricity. After blood flows in from the artery to the fuel cell, it flows out again through the vein.        LINK

This is not some pie-in-the-sky concept.  This is a real, working device.  The inventor believes it will be capable of making and displaying video calls on the screen just below the skin.  Sure, there is a distinct creepy factor here, but I think it is nothing compared with the amazing factor.

I literally can’t wait, or imagine, what I will see tomorrow.  Pretty damn cool.

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