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 ...

Any tattoo requires lots of patience, skill, and a steady hand, of course. In addition to that, it calls for a beautiful design. And combining it all usually results in some quite impressive works ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of MIT and Harvard Medical School researchers explored the possibility of color-changing, health-monitoring tattoos. The ...

I've been a tattoo artist for years. In addition to black-and-gray work, I specialize in color-realism designs. But the latter requires a little more research for the best results, so there are some ...

Scientists in Germany have developed an intradermal tattoo that changes color in response to fluctuations in glucose, albumin, and pH levels. Tests on animal skin have shown that the tattoos ...

Everyone and their mother has a tattoo these days, but in the future your ink stains may be more than a daily reminder of that wild week you spent in Cabo. A team of researchers at MIT Media Labs is ...

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 ...

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 ...