The folk at Power Paper have come up with a semi-permanent tattoo technology which takes 20 minutes to apply and then lasts for up to 4 weeks. Apparently it’s as resilient as conventional tattooing, but with none of the ‘oh grief, what did I do to myself last night after the pub?’ risks. Just perfect for all those spur of the moment celebrity tattoos, eh?
‘The technology utilizes the process of iontophoresis, whereby ionized pigments are delivered into the epidermal layer of the skin…Self-applied by a thin and flexible, non-toxic, microelectronically-enabled patch…’