Electronic tattoos have been around for a few years in one form or another. They got a big boost at the end of 2013 when Google patented an electronic tattoo that is placed on the throat. Now a company called VivaLnk is using the Google developed technology to bring a commercial electronic tattoo product to market.
Worn on your wrist, it will communicate with your cell phone via near field communication and will become the ID used to access your mobile phone. The patches will only last a few days each. The will be sold in ten-packs that will cost about ten dollars.
This is just the beginning. The e-tattoos are ready to go mainstream.
Digital Tattoo for Moto X offered in packs of ten
Back in 2013, Regina Dugan, the former
DARPA head, and leading special projects for the Google-owned
Motorola, showed electronic tattoos as one password authentication
sign of the future.
The idea of a password authentication
tool in the form of a wearable tattoo was quite novel but welcomed by
a wider audience of techies and mobile phone users looking forward to
better, more reliable and easier ways of logging into mobile devices.
The idea this week has ripened considerably with Thursday's
introduction by VivaLnk, a Santa Clara, California-based company, of
Digital Tattoo, developed with Google's Advanced Technology and
Projects (ATAP) group. (The Verge commented Thursday that "some
of the most amazing projects at Google are coming out of its Advanced
Technologies and Products group, a team led by ex-DARPA director
Regina Dugan.")
Worn on the wrist, the tattoo is used to unlock the smartphone user's Moto X. The product is a disposable that can last for five days. The lifetime is approximately five days but may vary with skin type and activity level. Then the tattoo is replaced with another. The company described the item as a nickel-sized, thin adhesive device; they are using medical-grade adhesives from 3M, blending in on the wrist.
Worn on the wrist, the tattoo is used to unlock the smartphone user's Moto X. The product is a disposable that can last for five days. The lifetime is approximately five days but may vary with skin type and activity level. Then the tattoo is replaced with another. The company described the item as a nickel-sized, thin adhesive device; they are using medical-grade adhesives from 3M, blending in on the wrist.
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