'Epidermal Electronics' Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo

When I saw the very first picture I thought how pretty and at the same time I also thought ouch! Ok, I guess I read the article now. lol.

This is awesome technology for all patients and diabetics and others that have to poked, pin and stabbed. I hope this really gets develop further.

moving closer to merging biology and harware for our cyborg future, very cool

Correct me if i'm wrong, but they failed to mention how exactly they monitor these signs with the skin patch. Is it hooked up or transmitted wirelessly?

click on the links and read on

i wish the had this technology when i was a young kid going thought all those Srgs .

@Chris71689,
If you read the article closely you would note, (Quote from article)
Researchers at the University of Illinois who came up with this device made circuits with a wide array of components, to prove it could work: sensors, LEDs, transistors, radio frequency capacitors and wireless antennas.

This gives several methods of communication. LED for view display, and the radio stuff for computer interfaces.

Some of these components being able to flex is no big deal nor that new, but some of the more major ones are ground breaking.

Yet again medicine of the future is going to be awesome. Hopefully I can live to see a lot of it. Still, I wanna see ftl drives.

@drchuck1
Why make machines to be embedded into the human body when you can use genetical enhancement to improve a person that way it will feel natural and be WAY better than reagular body parts.We could give ourselves falcon vision with out eye implants. the speed of a cheeta without the mechanical legs.A longer life span without life support. sure robotics would be a useful advantage but genetics cant be hacked,cant shortout and cant be controlled by an outside source with malicous intentions

haha Nice Idea Macmansa, basicly create Gene-boosted super humans. I like the idea, always thought It'd be kinda cool to perfect myself, but unfortunetly there's several disadvantages, as we were evolved to be suited in our current form, if we modify it, then we could put a say failed experament through some unnessisary suffering (Humanitists would argue that) then theres those that fear the better more advanced gene-boosted humans would take over the world and yeah, pretty much get away with it, honestly the closest to your idea that I'd go for is the "Bioroids" from Appleseed
(bioroids are explained on the 2nd paragraph below Plot)
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleseed_(film)
-Your Friend Zunigadragon

Macmansa:

I personally have little doubt that technology will be able to achieve the ability's of the animals you mention in more efficient ways. The problem of hacking could be solved with some clever quantum encryption. And, (as of now at least) mechanical parts are much easier to replace than biological ones. Not to mention that i don't think there are many biological materials that can be stronger than carbon nano-tubes for example. Imagine having a skeleton of that stuff.

I guess it'll depend on which tech evolves faster. We'll see. ;)

@macmansa
i like your ideas. but it would be a lot easier and safer to accomplish all that with nano technology/machines like logical_atheist said.

@macmansa...they will probably be combined

yeah, i agree. the future of humans will be a combo of genetic enhancement, nanotechnology and synthetic enhancements. Live long enough to live forever.

Any one remember the cloak able fiber article that popular

science did its been a while back any way think about

creating a embedded skin suit that combines the skin

technology and the transparent cloak able fibers think about

a whole new era of warfare invisible marines seals delta they

could also make parachutes that apply these same concepts

that's rite invisible warriors from above wiping out enemies

before they could even conceptualize what hit them

recent popsci article was about a material we created that can use atp (the energy sued in human cells) and convert it inot electricity..... we all gunna be biological machines soon enough lol...

We're on the brink of so many advances in technology its impossible to conceive what will come in our lifetime. Don't comment on my spelling, i know it sucks, i jsut dont care ;)

Were going to become batteries sort of like in the Matrix. Truthfully though a small machine doesn't need much power it could get power through so many ways from the human body noninvasively. The first thing that comes to mind is off heat from the skin or muscle twitches. This tech could really change things put a antenna over a bed and receive brainwaves, pulse,oxygen levels,temperature, etc... it could make all that info easier to monitor in real time instead of just when a nurse comes in. If this tech works out it will be extremely cool I just wonder how much the patches cost.

This is freaking amazing!