Control your electronics with touch-sensitive tattoos

[Brian G Turner]

New Scientist describes work that might one day help electronic tattoos become central controllers for your favourite electronics:

E-tattoos turn knuckles and freckles into smartphone controls

 

[Danny McG]

Wow!
Wonder if they got the idea from reading Peter Hamilton's 'Pandora's Star' where they have OC Tattoos?:-

##OCTattoos (Organic Circuitry Tattoos) are also a major technological device. These are tattooed on the skin and resemble colourful, often metallic tattoos, and serve hundreds of purposes from transferring credits to serving as sensors. Their main function is to act as processors for other implants (which may function at reduced capacity if an OCTattoo is damaged)##

 

[Brian G Turner]

And more relating to this story, with a proof of concept showing the possibility of our own sweat being used as a power source:
Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables