|
Briefing
|
- Biosensing Tattoos – MIT and Harvard researchers developed biosensing tattoo ink that shifts color in response to changes in body fluids
- Four Sensors – Include glucose sensor that changes from blue to brown, two pH sensors with one changing from purple to pink, and sodium sensor that turns green under ultraviolet (UV) light
- Potential Applications – Include easier and safer monitoring of health data, enabling diabetics to determine glucose levels without pricking finger with needle, while also useful for diagnostics, quantified self, and data encoding in body
- Early Stage Research – Research still in early stage with no indication if it will be turned into product or undergo clinical trials
- Pig Skin Test – Tested on pig skin with researchers using injections to change fluid levels monitored by tattoos
- Next Steps – Determine and enhance biocompatibility, accuracy, and durability of tattoos
|
|
Accelerator
|
|
|
Sector
|
Healthcare/Health Sciences
|
|
Organization
|
Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
|
Source
|
|
|
Original Publication Date
|
June 13, 2017
|
