You may have already seen this article and video on the first experiment of a 3D printing tattoo machine. The principle is simple: give a design to a machine, and let it tattoo it on the skin of the customer. Anecdotal or future reality? We have exclusively catched up with the inventors, a team of former French students.

Indeed, improvements have been made to the invention. « We have transformed the head of the machine by adding it a Z axle and a system of haptic sensor we have imagined, to give the best answer possible to the body’s different reliefs. » Haptic technology is a tactile feedback technology often used in video games to give almost real sensations to players, but also used in industry as the possibility to give « senses » to machines and help them comprehend our 3D world.

These modifications of the original machines were a huge step forward for the young inventors. « We quickly become aware that the outlooks of the machines were leading to other application fields than tattoo, so we conducted experiences in the design, fashion, electronic and even biologic areas. »

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http://blog.tattoodo.com/2015/01/future-3d-printing-tattoo-machine-action/?utm_source=MissMischief&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=MissMischief

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