It would give a whole new meaning to "Go pound sand", wouldn't it? ;-)
-- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
Gosh, but I'm a lady, as my photo link in my original post indicates and never had a tatoo....yet ;-)
But I could - for the benefit of science!
Does it hurt?
Lyn
Rich Grise, Pla> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:45:44 -0700, Lyn top-posted:
UV LEDs are getting reasonably priced. How about something like a funny earring that holds a UV LED, then make your mark on the body with UV sensitive paint. Shoulder should be easy targets.
You can put the UV leds in a belt, then do art on the stomach or back.
If you could afford a bucketfull of the stuff then you could make yourself taser-proof. On the other hand, the paint fumes would probably be fairly incapacitating by themselves.
Chris
You got it! :)
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:52:28 -0700, Lyn top-posted:
OK- caught me - I didn't even look at the page. Now I have, and that paint is hideous!
And no, I do NOT recommend tattos, for a couple of reasons - first, I think it's a form of self-mutilation, which I find abhorrent, and also, from what I've heard, yes, they're terribly painful - just like having an ink-laden needle puncturing your skin about 10 times a second. ("just like", hell, it _IS_ an ink-laden needle puncturing your skin 10 times a second!)
Good Luck! Rich [and please learn to bottom-post. As you can see, top-posting breaks the natural flow of the conversation.]
Hmm. Keith Relf's later work might constitute prior art.
Are tatoos continuous? I would have thought they were interrupted leading to an increas in resistance even if you were tempted.
Robert
but is the non-toxic stuff conductive?
possibly a barrier layer could be placed between the conductive and the skin?
-- Bye. Jasen
Actually, the tattoo thing was a joke. Put an electrode as deep as a tattoo, and your whole body becomes a conductor.
Do you think the Star Trek gang got the term "Borg" from "cyborg"? Ick! Who wants to turn themselves into some kind of machine? I much prefer real life!
Cheers! RIch
First of all, thank you for all your replies, I like them all and also the Tin Oxide invisible ink, sounds fun. Secondly, my apologies for messing up top and bottom posting, I first posted on Usenet in 1994, but have just started to use Google Groups for posting, which is taking control of the formatting. Ok it's not Googles error, it must be mine, so I'll try and sort it out.
Thirdly, I'm off to start another post here on some more of my skin experiments.... Lyn
Rich Grise, Pla> > Rich Grise, Pla> >> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:52:28 -0700, Lyn top-posted:
I do prefer wire over paint, but I also want to mention that there are plenty of LEDs now that get bright enough to use as indicator lamps with current in the .5-2 mA range.
- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)
I guess with this idea the sales of glow in the dark vibrators will diminish. All of a sudden you can have the real deal glowing and maybe a little tingle as well.
Be very careful when applying voltages to the skin on a long-term basis. I know from my work in the pain control business that there should NEVER be any DC component of voltage applied to the skin. If there is a DC component, it will cause skin irritation. If you did want to run wires of any kind, just be sure they are insulated from the surface of the skin.
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