Flash Tattoo Watch 02

The realization of Uglies technology continues!

First, engineers at the University of Washington have developed an eyescreen-like contact lens:

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Thanks to Erin-la for this catch!

In other news, howzabout some blood-powered flash tattoos?

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Thanks to Jade Lennox and Temvald for kicking this to me!

This subcutaneous digital display uses the sugar in your blood and turns it into the electricity it needs to run. (And it’s Bluetooth compatible.) The article is a bit unclear about what stage this gadget’s at. The photo caption says the it’s being demonstrated, but the article says, “just a concept.” Well, “concept cars” are prototypes . . .

Anyway, it’s sort of like the flash tattoos in Uglies, because it monitors your bio-signs. Not your heartbeat in this case, but your blood chemistry. Seems to me that if it could control its own energy use, it would be great for diabetics.

If you read the articles for both these devices, they both mention cell phone applications. Like, dude, that is so 1997.

301 thoughts on “Flash Tattoo Watch 02

  1. I have like a HUGE reading list for all my friends, and they’re all like, “What did I do to deserve this?!?!” but then they read them and they love it. The only thing is though that they all read so Ssssslllloooowwww! It’s crazy like I read Twilight in one day and then it took one of my friend’s like two weeks. And I read Uglies in one day and it took my other friend like a week and a half.

  2. I don’t know my astrological sign
    I know it’s not Aquarius but that’s what I go by
    Everybody THINKS I am Aquarius just cuz I act like one
    The horoscopes for Aquarius are surprisingly accurate…for me

    Actually that’s my typical day

  3. I was recently at dance and it took a while for my parents to show up so I went to talk to my friend Erin who is like 10 or something
    She was attacking her pizza
    so I started laughing and me and other Erin(who is my age) were acting like we were filming her and adding commentary
    so I said, “The predator, in this case, the dancer, attacks her prey, the pizza.”
    and little Erin cracked up and fell out of the chair
    Then we were imitating our Spanish teacher teaching the verb atacar where we pretty much look like dinosaurs

    in short, it was funny and I’m surprised that I actually made somebody laugh
    everyone is always like, “I don’t get it”
    so yeah….

  4. ooooh yummy!!!! so like: ♥ i wonder if that worked!!! hehehe!!!

  5. yayayayayayayayyayayayayayya i can do it!!!!!!!!!!! ♥
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  7. oooooooooo cool :mrgreen:
    like, the side of a pyramid.

  8. maybe i shouldn’t have tought that to every one…. hmmmmm….. check out my uglies fan fic @
    http://www.fanlib.com/user/profile.do?userId=1lp8rq

    kkkk

    ♥Sophie-LA♥

    ugggggggggggggggg i hate this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no one by- alica keys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hate her!!!!!!!!!11 she sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her voice is so fake!!!!!!!! it is all tech stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ugh!

    sry for the ranting, but she SUCKS EGGS!!!!!!!!!!!

    ♥Sophie-LA♥

  9. so today i was finding mulitiples of 13. i found a little pattern… 1001, 2002, 3003, 4004, and 5005 are all divisible by 13. when i got to the 5000’s, i was able to predict what number it would be without adding by looking at the 1000’s, 2000’s, 3000’s and 4000’s. i will post the numbers tomorrow on my blog when i remeber to bring my folder home.

  10. this is so very not fair! you guys can see the prettiful hearts but i can’t!!! 🙁 …*cries*

  11. Haha. thats’ kick! sign me up for a tatoo and those contact lenses thingys!! heehee! i just finished catching up on ur blog scott. haha, wow, all the stuff is ah-ma-zing!! haha. i luv u scott! ur one of my fav authors of all time. along w/ stephen king, james patterson and some others =] lawl!

  12. YAY! i did my heart a differnt way! ♥ â™  ♣ aw! i cant make the rest of the suite! shucks. 😀 ♥♥♥

  13. awwwwwwww kay-wa cant see hearts?? 😥 poor person.
    how do u do the other like spades??? plz tell me!!!!! they’re so kick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    ooooo bout 2 have lunch…..me hungry.
    ME WANT LUNCH!!!!!!!
    -UMR-wa ♥

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