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Skin-Based Display Screens From Nanotech Tattoos

Posted by timothy on from the your-epidermis-is-showing-a-movie dept.

destinyland writes "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York is developing flexible nanotubes inserted under the skin to create a handheld display — inside your hand. They wirelessly receive data and display reminders and text messages, and the concept has also been broadened to suggest endlessly programmable digital tattoos, while Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics is also exploring the concept of the body as 'a platform for electronics and interactive skin technologies'." That middle link is quite old, but is still loaded with interesting links.

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  1. I think I read about this somewhere before... by galactic-ac · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think I read about this somewhere before... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age

  2. Re:HHG2G did it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually, that's sort of the point of it... It's often referred to as "a trilogy in five parts". Hand in your geek card at the door for not knowing that.

  3. Re:lasertag by flink · · Score: 2, Informative

    The age was 21 in the novel, it was raised to 30 for the film to broaden its appeal or to make the portrayals by older actors more believable. I've heard both explanations.

  4. Re:HHG2G did it! by DrgnDancer · · Score: 3, Informative

    The author later called it "The Increasingly Misnamed Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy"

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    I don't need a million points of light, just two points of multi-mode fiber and a 10 Gig-E router.