MIT turns the skin into a touch screen

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MIT turns the skin into a touch screen



Microsoft and the MIT Media Lab develop an intelligent tattoo that becomes an extension of smartphones



The days of the wearables are numbered. Researchers at the most prestigious laboratories remain focused on using human skin as an extension of mobile devices. This is what the members of the MIT Media Lab and Microsoft Research have thought that they have developed an intelligent tattoo that becomes a touch screen.

DuoSkin, that's the name of their work, is made up of gold leaf, which when it comes into contact with the smartphone camera becomes a touch panel temporarily. With this connection, the user can interact with several mobile devices.

The parents of the project, which will be presented at the next Wearable 2016 International Computer Symposium, have managed to turn tattoos into an interface that can track and show information about the tattooed person, they explain.

In addition, as an alternative, DuoSkin incorporates screens that change color in response to heat, tattoos can show the temperature of your body.

Wireless communication

A third function that incorporates the project of MIT and Microsoft is wireless communication. The tattoo could include an NFC (Near Field Communications) tag, an electrical component that includes small microchips to store data that can be read by phones or other nearby NFC devices.

In the near future, technology could serve as a substitute for identification, subway cards, and even movie tickets, researchers at both laboratories point out.

The DuoSkin device is planted on the user's skin as a regular temporary tattoo through the transfer water: apply the tattoo to the skin, press down with a damp cloth, remove the supporting paper, and then remove it, leaving the tattoo behind.

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