LED tattoos

The university of Pennsylvania are developing LED tattoos, which consist of microchips, made from silicone and silk which are placed under the surface of the skin turing the skin into a screen,where you could display your latest flash animation and watch TV.

The silk will eventually dissolve leaving just the electronics behind and allowing the chip to mould to the skin keeping it in place.

It has already been tested on mice and as well as having an aesthetic quality similar to a tattoo it could also be used for medical purposes. Research is in place to see if it would work when detecting peoples blood-sugar by attaching the chip to neurodevices that tie into the body's nervous system then displaying the results on the individuals skin.

I think this is a really good idea as as well as having medical properties it allows people who are turned off the idea of having a tattoo because its a permanent thing, to finally get one. As its a screen it also means you can change the tattoo once you become bored with it, you could even play a whole animation on your skin or just turn it off completely.

Although i don't really like the idea of a chip being placed under my skin i suppose its more appealing than a needle being scratched in to the surface of the skin and i definitely think i would consider getting one.