Light-up tattoos use electronics printed right onto skin

Oct 8, 2019

Two electronically active leads directly printed along the underside of Duke graduate student Nick Williams’s pinky successfully light up an LED when a voltage is applied. Image: Duke University

Ken Kingery

Senior Science Communications Specialist, Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University

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