Seventy-five years ago, the communicator that comic strip crime fighter Dick Tracy wore strapped to his wrist was thought to be a flight of fancy. Now cell phones are common among kindergartners.
For the clumsy and the absent-minded who are constantly dropping their cell phone into a wet sink or can’t seem to remember where they left it lying or have trouble digging it out of a cluttered purse, there may be a solution on the horizon, or at least on your forearm.
How about a Bluetooth device surgically implanted under the skin and always readily available? A Digital Tattoo Interface may be the answer. When activated by pushing a small tattooed “button”, the digital display in the implant interacts with a tattoo on the skin’s surface providing a screen for images and video during the phone call.
When not active, the skin appears normal as the tattoo and implant don’t interact.
The system draws its energy from a blood fuel cell that is connected to both an artery and a vein and uses glucose and oxygen to provide the power required. As an additional benefit, it can also monitor the blood and provide health check-ups and reports. The implant is flat and flexible and is composed of silicon and silicone.
So forget getting a tattoo of a dragon or a butterfly or your loved one’s name inside a heart with an arrow shooting through it. One day we may all get the digits permanently inked on.
I’d give my left arm for one of these gadgets. Oh wait, then where would I keep it?
Tags: implant, Bluetooth, tattoo, cell phone, Dick Tracy