Microsoft Research's DuoSkin will let you control your connected device with a temporary tattoo
- Makay Chapulets
- Aug 14, 2016
- 1 min read
The DuoSkin tattoo is a new product recently introduced by Microsoft Research and M.I.T. Lab to be officially presented this September as part of the International Symposium on Wearable Computers in Germany. The DuoSkin is a temporary tattoo that will allow you control your smartphone, tablet, PC or even a game.
A brief description of how their project works can be read below:
DuoSkin is a fabrication process that enables anyone to create customized functional devices that can be attached directly on their skin. Using gold metal leaf, a material that is cheap, skin-friendly, and robust for everyday wear, we demonstrate three types of on-skin interfaces: sensing touch input, displaying output, and wireless communication. DuoSkin draws from the aesthetics found in metallic jewelry-like temporary tattoos to create on-skin devices which resemble jewelry. DuoSkin devices enable users to control their mobile devices, display information, and store information on their skin while serving as a statement of personal style. We believe that in the future, on-skin electronics will no longer be black-boxed and mystified; instead, they will converge towards the user friendliness, extensibility, and aesthetics of body decorations, forming a DuoSkin integrated to the extent that it has seemingly disappeared.
Mspoweruser.com adds that you can use DuoSkin as an NFC tag, which you can easily use with your smartphone. And if that wasn’t enough, the DuoSkin tattoos can also output things — for example, it can change its color based on the temperature.
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