{"id":73000,"date":"2017-10-02T00:22:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T07:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/color-changing-tattoos-monitor-blood-glucose-at-a-glance"},"modified":"2017-10-02T00:22:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T07:22:45","slug":"color-changing-tattoos-monitor-blood-glucose-at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/color-changing-tattoos-monitor-blood-glucose-at-a-glance","title":{"rendered":"Color-changing tattoos monitor blood glucose at a glance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ok5RucH09Sw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tattoos are fast becoming more than just a means of self-expression: soon they could be used for more <a href=\"http:\/\/newatlas.com\/future-tattoos-sensors-disappearing-ink\/49457\/\" target=\"_blank\">practical applications<\/a>, like <a href=\"http:\/\/newatlas.com\/temporary-tattoo-blood-alcohol-levels\/44709\/\" target=\"_blank\">tracking blood alcohol<\/a> levels or turning the <a href=\"http:\/\/newatlas.com\/duoskin-smartphone-controls\/44890\/\" target=\"_blank\">skin into a touchscreen<\/a>. Now, a team from Harvard and MIT has developed a smart ink that could make for tattoos that monitor biometrics like glucose levels, and change color as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, bodily biomarkers can be monitored through a wardrobe-load of wearables, but they usually need batteries for power and wireless communication systems to transmit data. Using biosensitive inks (<a href=\"http:\/\/newatlas.com\/bio-ink-sensors\/36363\/\" target=\"_blank\">bio-inks<\/a>), the Harvard and MIT design is self-contained, and since it works on simple chemical reactions it doesn\u2019t require power for any data processing or transmission.<\/p>\n<p>The inks interact with the body\u2019s interstitial fluid, which transfers nutrients into cells and carries waste out of them. The fluid works closely with blood plasma, meaning it acts as a decent indicator of the chemical concentrations in the blood at a given time.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/newatlas.com\/dermal-abyss-smart-tattoo\/51572\/\">http:\/\/newatlas.com\/dermal-abyss-smart-tattoo\/51572\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tattoos are fast becoming more than just a means of self-expression: soon they could be used for more practical applications, like tracking blood alcohol levels or turning the skin into a touchscreen. Now, a team from Harvard and MIT has developed a smart ink that could make for tattoos that monitor biometrics like glucose levels, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1412,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-privacy","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}