http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/0342234

Ooh, wow.

Evidently they've developed nanomachines that are capable of wirelessly receiving images and projecting them on the skin, all powered by your skin's electric field.

So how do you reactivate that cyber-commlink that has its wireless disabled.... nanotat power button!!

You know. If these are becoming real, I might actually get one. One of my issues with wanting a tattoo is, "A tattoo of what? What would I want to keep around on my skin for the rest of my life?" and not having an answer. But if I could change it...at will...even get "rid" of it...that would be something I could do.

I wonder what the Essence cost for something like that would be?

well, just wait untill the first one keels over after having one too many . .
then count and see how often that one fits into 6 essence points O.o

Of course I am talking about game mechanics rules for a nanotat kill switch for your cyber commlink.

i knew that, of course . .

The movie in the final link behind the link was fascinating. It produced the following immediate thoughts;

(a) I want one.
(b) My cats are going to LACERATE my back when I get one. They thought toes under the covers was good? Oooooh boy.
© If you combine that with the WPAN idea in the first article behind that link, how long before someone hacks into your system in a Starbucks and you find yourself sporting such messages as "kick me; my security is a joke" on your forearm?

thats the fun part of sci-fi, the near future stuff is just a question of time

I just now looked at the stuff... The video about the "sensual tattoo" thing sounds like someone's deep-frying one of the aliens from Signs...

Seriously though, one of the main ideas I had for SR (and now apparantly I'll be able to do IRL) was to have a nanotatt hooked up to a Virtual Pet. The pet is displayed along the tattoo, and would move around your body at will. It would also be capable of "feeling" you pet it or play with it.

*edited out because I can only think of dirty, self-abuse results from this sort of thing*

You could also call up maps or directions when you're out, to display on your arm or the back of your hand while travelling (lends a whole new meaning to "I know this town like...")

There's also the possibility of your tat getting hacked, such as your dragon tat suddenly changing into an ad for Fizzy-Bonb soft-drinks, or someone getting payback on you by changing your tats to "SLEEPS WITH {insert any type here}" or getting Rick-Roll'd while in a meeting.....

Mind out of the gutter.

Totally.

It's clearly MY turn in the gutter, you've been there way too long.

That made me keel over.

*wrong map gets displayed*
"Wait, where the hell am i?"

reminds me of a recent anime. only there is was a "spirit" in the shape of a gecko...

Well nanotats are listed as a Nanoware system, and Augmentation page 107 says they have no essence cost. Augmentation page 108 says you can activate and deactivate a nanoware system with certain stimuli. So the kill switch could be invisible until "stimulated" and then appear. The real question is- would it cost essence to like it to your cybercommlink? Would that require a hardwired connection?

nah, all nano is wifi-enabled per default, as the nano-cells themselves get activated by wifi . .
also: am i the only one constantly reading nanotits, when having a quick look at the forum?

Yeah, Stahsteel, you were....until you mentioned it. :swat:

Hey now, get out of my gutter.

Now, I thought of this book and one of its characters with regards to full body nanotat + virtual pet.

Edit:
Nanotattoos are part of the nanoware category of implants, which means that it degrades at a rate of 1 Rating a Week. Nanotattoos cost Rating * 250 so while not expensive, it's mildly annoying to characters who just want to be flashy with it.

conductive skin paint anyone?
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/...uctive_ink.html

looks like its not just nanotattoos thats around the corner...

Welcome to the Gutter, we got Fun and Games.

Delicious, delicious debauchery fun and games.

Not quite, i was listening to Guns'n'Roses right then.
Welcome to the jungle
We got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want
Honey we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money honey
We got your disease

Sometimes ago I've seen an article (the link was posted on this forum) about some people that managed to make a wireless signal to crawl to the bioelettric field of a person (mainly to reduce the power consumption), basicaly a skinlink (orribly name skintenna), so yes we have both nanotattos and skinlink; by the way I've found a TRODE HEADSET (read only version).

So good!!!

And now that i have, for the first time in my life, actually READ the lyrics . . that song is surprisingly fitting for shadowrun O.o

i think microsoft had a patent request in for a skinlink like system. but it was based on the conductive properties of human flesh, and so needed direct skin contact.

still, they where talking about stuff like a kinetic charger in ones shoes, and exchanging business cards by a handshake...

I think that the skinlink would be better for meshing devices such as I-pods, display glasses, headphones, etc. without having hundreds of wires.

Soon we'll be able to burn (or cut) the subject's feet and wait to see how long it takes the nanotat on his/her face to degrade. By SR4 rules, since it's a rating 1 nano system, the tat will fail well before the subject takes any lastling damage...

I know. I have my own toys, TYVM.

Nuthin' wrong with that, as long as you clean up after yourself (or have the $$ available to have it done professionally).

You need new Glasses Wyrm, you replied to yourself from 6 Months ago ^^

Or better: one and a half YEARS...

Whoa...

Hm... got nothing for the thread.

oh, you're right . . i still remembered the thread, so i did not think it was quite THAT far back ^^#

Yeah... Now I feel old.

There's a reason for that, you know? ^^

I just Math-ed it up and figured out I've been kicking on these forums for 2 years and 3 months. Wow, time certainly does go fast when you're having fun.

3 Years and 2 Months here, i think . . and yeah, the post count shows ^^

hmm, feeling old. No comment i guess...

Dude . . you are like . . ancient o.O

i think i qualify as a near ancient too <looks aty his date>

So who is member No. 1?

If I ever were to get one of these, I could most certainly keep making it a face for ventriloquism.

A heart with a scroll across it that reads "INTERNET"


And in the background, there's a 5½ floppy...

One of the admins.

Keep in mind, everyone's date was reset when the forum software was upgraded. So you'll have a bunch of people with the same join date. Unfortunately, the oooold forums haven't ever been brought online (despite the promises!!), so youngins like you will never probably appreciate Suitcase Rigger.

"Youngins" like me? So, the fact that your join date is later than mine belies the fact that you belonged to the mythical "oooold forums"?

Sorry, read the post, not the poster