From: Christopher Whipple (crw@well.com)
Date: Thu Sep 26 2002 - 12:10:59 MDT
On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 08:49 PM, Emlyn O'regan wrote:
>
> What would happen if we put together an engineered virus, or some
> other gene
> therapy, to modify these genes? Could we turn ourselves all kinds of
> cool
> colours (hair, eyes, skin...)? How about patterns? Stripes?
>
This thought had occurred to me some time ago. Some kind of
nano-tattoo that could change color or turn itself off at will, or even
be animated... With the current market for hair dye and other (more
invasive) body modification devices, surely there'd be demand for this
sort of product.
(perhaps someone can chime to explain whether or not this is a
technical possibility - i would imagine a severely shrunken version on
an OLED - but I'm no expert. :)
What would the social consequences be?
It would bring product endorsement to a whole new level. Imagine "gang
colors" taken to a logical extreme...
Still, I think it's a pretty keen idea and I frequently cite it as my
excuse for not having a "real" tattoo - I want one I can turn off.
:)
-crw.
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