Fans of colorful ink would likely agree that Saegeem’s work deserves a round of applause.

A group of MIT and Harvard Medical School researchers explored the possibility of color-changing, health-monitoring tattoos. The smart ink can detect blood sugar elevation and dehydration. One of the ...

In Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel The Diamond Age, body art has evolved into “constantly shifting mediatronic tattoos”—in-skin displays powered by nanotech robopigments. In the 25 years since the ...

Scientists in Germany have developed three different tattoo dyes that change color based on the levels of certain health markers in the blood. Scientists are developing color-changing inks that may ...

In the tattoo world, there's a common misconception that color tattoos are harder to achieve on deeper skin tones. However, tattoo artists who understand how to properly ink Black and Brown skin have ...

Gone are the days in which tattoos were just permanent wearable decor on one’s body. Now, scientists are hoping to add some function to the permanent skin marking. Researchers at the Technical ...

Tattoos may have been a practice since Neolithic times, but it's only recently that they've become ultra-trendy, thanks to the rise of teeny, tiny tattoos and more relaxed work environments. The ...

A person applying the color-changing tattoo, and a color chart for the medical-alerting tattoo. Ali Yetisen et al. Soon, tattoos won’t just show how cool you are — they’ll also show how healthy you ...

I'm a tattoo artist that specializes in black-and-gray and color-realism designs. Don't expect the color to look exactly the same as in the reference photo, especially when healed. Consider getting ...

When a pair of tourists hiking the Alps stumbled across the frozen remains of the mummy Ötzi in 1991 they also, unknowingly, discovered the oldest known examples of tattoos in history. The ...

For many people with diabetes, keeping tabs on blood sugar every day is expensive, time-consuming and invasive, but researchers at MIT and Harvard are exploring a creative new approach that could one ...