What About This: Painless Tattoos (No Needle)
A team at Georgia Tech just invented PAINLESS TATTOOS. Tattoos used to be a sign you were anti-establishment and definitely tough, because those suckers hurt. But maybe not for long: …
ROME, ITALY – MAY 03: A customer is getting a new tattoo during the first day of the Rome International Tattoo Expo on May 3, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Rome International Tattoo expo is at its fourteen edition. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
(Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)A team at Georgia Tech just invented PAINLESS TATTOOS.
Tattoos used to be a sign you were anti-establishment and definitely tough, because those suckers hurt.
But maybe not for long: A team at Georgia Tech just invented PAINLESS tattoos that don't use a needle they use a patch covered in tattoo ink. Here's what's up:
Normal tattoos involve a small needle jabbing you over and over. You go to the tattoo artist, sit in their chair and wince like hell, depending on what part of your body you're getting ink on.
But the new technique doesn't use needles at all, at least not conventional ones.
With this new tattoo technology, there's a patch with thousands of microscopic needles on one side, so small you can't even feel them.
The needles aren't even metal. They're MADE of tattoo ink that's encased in a material strong enough to get through your skin, then, once it's delivered the ink under your skin... it dissolves. But: The ink stays. And, they say, it's just as permanent as tattoos delivered by a needle.
Each microscopic needle on the patch represents a single pixel. And they can be arranged any way you want to create letters, designs and colors.
So instead of a tattoo artist, you could design it on a computer, order the patch online, and stick it on all by yourself. Boom, no pain.
They also say they'll be cheaper than a normal tattoo. And there's a lower risk of infection, because there's no blood.
So, what about this idea, Rat Rock Nation? Would you order a "patch tat"? Doesn't that break up part of the coolness and culture of tattoos? Isn't part of the lure of getting a tattoo the fact that it does hurt? And isn't choosing the artist part of the whole thing too? Is this just science taking away more of our joy?
Tattoo’s Across The World
2013 International Tattoo Expo Roma
(Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)ROME, ITALY - MAY 03: A customer is getting a new tattoo during the first day of the Rome International Tattoo Expo on May 3, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Rome International Tattoo expo is at its fourteen edition. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
The Tattooist In China
WUHAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 21: Tattooist Liu Yuanrui, 34, applies ink on a man's back at the 130 Tattoo Studio on February 21, 2017 in Wuhan, China. After studying the art of tattooing and graduating from the Department of Visual Communication at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts in 2006, she set up her own shop, 130 Tattoo Studio in 2011. There are 3 tattoo artists working in the studio every day and customers need to make an appointment 5 months in advance, choosing a price range from US$80 -200 per hour. Tattooing is developing fast in China and becoming more and more diversified. (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)
2013 International Tattoo Expo Roma
ROME, ITALY - MAY 03: A tattooist stands in front of her stall during the first day of the Rome Internarional Tattoo Expo on May 3, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Rome International Tattoo expo is at its fourteen edition. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
21st International Tattoo Convention
BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 03: A tattoo artist gives a tattoo of singer Marilyn Manson at the 21st International Tattoo Convention Berlin on December 3, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The annual tattoo trade fair runs from December 2-4, 2011. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)
The 15th Milano Tattoo Convention
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 12: A woman gets tattooed during the 15th Milano Tattoo Convention held at Ata Hotel on February 12, 2009 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
Tattoo Parlor Reopens As New Jersey Continues Phased Reopening
POINT PLEASANT, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 22: Owner and artist Brody Longo tattoos a customer during the reopening of Slingin' Ink Tattoo Parlor on June 22, 2020 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. After a shutdown of over three months, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has a multi-stage reopening plan set for businesses, offices and activities in lieu of the slowing of the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Sanja Festival In Downtown Tokyo
TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 20: A heavily tattooed Japanese woman poses for photographs near Asakusa Temple during the third and final day of Sanja Festival, on May 20, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. Sanja Festival is one of Japan's major festivals and is held annually in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. The three day event starts with a grand parade with people in traditional costumes performing dances before around a hundred mikoshi (portable shrines) from the local communities are carried to and from Asakusa Temple watched on by an audience of locals and tourists. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
