This 3D Printer Hack Incorporates a Tattoo Gun So You Can Ink Yourself
Alyson Wyers — October 30, 2014 — Tech
This 3D printer hack could replace your tattoo artist. The automated tattoo machine is an altered 3D printer that creates permanent body ink. Conceived by Paris design firm Appropriate Audiences, the 3D printing tattoo gun follows a very simple process.
The Tatoue involves attaching a tattoo gun on rails to a metal frame in the shape of a square. This contraption can move on three different axes, which allows it to curve and follow the body's lines. After choosing a tattoo design, you load the file into the printer. Place the limb (ideally an arm) into the frame and the printer will execute the body art.
The 3D printer hack also has a sensor that measures the skin's textures and dimensions while in operation.
The Tatoue involves attaching a tattoo gun on rails to a metal frame in the shape of a square. This contraption can move on three different axes, which allows it to curve and follow the body's lines. After choosing a tattoo design, you load the file into the printer. Place the limb (ideally an arm) into the frame and the printer will execute the body art.
The 3D printer hack also has a sensor that measures the skin's textures and dimensions while in operation.
Trend Themes
1. Automated Tattoo Machines - The automated tattoo machine incorporating a 3D printer hack presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the tattoo industry by streamlining the tattooing process and potentially reducing costs.
2. 3D Printing in Body Art - The incorporation of 3D printing technology in creating tattoos opens up possibilities for personalized and intricate designs, providing a disruptive innovation opportunity in the body art industry.
3. Sensor Technology in Tattooing - The use of sensors to measure skin textures and dimensions during the tattooing process could revolutionize the accuracy and precision of tattooing, presenting a disruptive innovation opportunity in the tattoo industry.
Industry Implications
1. Tattoo Industry - Automated tattoo machines and the integration of 3D printing and sensor technology can revolutionize traditional tattooing practices, creating disruptive innovation opportunities within the tattoo industry.
2. 3D Printing Industry - The application of 3D printing technology in the creation of tattoos expands the potential market for 3D printers, offering new opportunities for disruptive innovation within the 3D printing industry.
3. Sensor Technology Industry - The incorporation of sensors in tattoo machines creates an opportunity for disruptive innovation within the sensor technology industry, as it expands the applications of sensors beyond traditional areas.
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