Painless microneedle tattoos from London startup CipherX
If fear of traditional tattoo needles has been the only thing stopping you from getting a tattoo, a London startup called CipherX may have found a solution. We’ve previously covered some new tattoo technologies, but they still rely on conventional needles. CipherX takes a completely different approach and promises pain-free tattoos by replacing the traditional tattoo machine with a microneedle patch.
At the heart of CipherX's technology is a small patch filled with hundreds of microscopic biodegradable needles, each preloaded with pigment. Think of it as a stamp that presses into the top layer of your skin, and deposits pigment instead of puncturing the skin thousands of times. Because the microneedles are shorter than one millimeter, the process is significantly less uncomfortable than a conventional tattoo.
Co-founder Ferdinand Kohle describes the device as “a hybrid between a traditional tattoo, a medical patch, and a wearable interface,” and this captures...
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