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Electronic circuits worn like skin (its a tattoo)

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  • tobdectobdec Posts: 267
    edited 2011-08-11 21:44
    thats kinda scary...but very interesting. I wonder how long somthing like this would last. How much current can be safely used.....scary
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-08-11 22:46
    tobdec wrote: »
    thats kinda scary...but very interesting. I wonder how long somthing like this would last. How much current can be safely used.....scary

    Engineers have found out they can use 60 kHz and 30 MHz and use your body as a medium for data transmissions.
    http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/01391A.pdf
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-08-12 01:21
    Reminds me of the 'OC Tattoos' used in Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth books.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-08-12 05:54
    Bad thing is it starts blinking when you turn 21, and then if you don't report to the euthanasia center the Sandmen come after you...
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-08-12 06:12
    I thought tattoos were supposed to be painfull but soldering on the surface mount LEDs must be something else.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-08-12 06:45
    They don't use SMT, but ordinary DIP, and you use Wire-wrap for connections....
  • tobdectobdec Posts: 267
    edited 2011-08-12 11:24
    O sweet, so what typ of components can be used so far?
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2011-08-12 12:27
    So that's what they mean by someone having "a chip on their shoulder"
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