Combining Wearable Art and Medicine
From: Bioscience Technology - 10/09/2017

Harvard and MIT researchers have developed smart tattoo ink capable of
monitoring health by changing color to tell an athlete if she is dehydrated
or a diabetic if his blood sugar rises.

The work, conducted by two postdoctoral fellows at Harvard Medical School and
colleagues led by Katia Vega at MIT’s Media Lab, paired biosensitive inks
developed at Harvard with traditional tattoo artistry as a way to overcome
some of the limitations of current biomedical monitoring devices.

Read the entire article and view a video (1:43) at:
https://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2017/10/combining-wearable-art-and-medicine
https://www.cemag.us/news/2017/09/smart-tattoos-monitor-health
https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2017/10/color-changing-tattoo-ink-could-monitor-medical-conditions
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/09/harvard-researchers-help-develop-smart-tattoos

Links:
The dermal abyss: interfacing with the skin by tattooing biosensors
https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3123021.3123039

DermalAbyss: Possibilities of Biosensors as a Tattooed Interface
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/d-Abyss/overview
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/d-Abyss/updates

Related:
Wearable Device Uses Biometrics to Monitor Hydration
https://www.rdmag.com/article/2017/09/wearable-device-uses-biometrics-monitor-hydration