Friday, April 24, 2009
Bare Conductive Ink Turns Your Body Into Handy Extension Cord
Gizmodo: "Bare is a paint that can transform your body into a circuit (without the inconvenience of electrocuting you)."
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This is crazy. I wonder what they make the ink out of so that it is both a conductor and doesn't shock a person. Does this stuff wear off? Or is it more like a tattoo?
This is ridiculous!!! How does the person not get shocked? This would be very interesting to see a performance piece of this. I, like Natalie, wonder how this works and how would one go about removing it? If you add water would you get shocked? I also wonder if this will expand to other industries!
Life-size operation game party anyone? I am curious exactly what ingredients are in this paint. Can it become toxic in large amounts? If the paint conducts electricity on the skin, does that mean it blocks pores and other epiderman damage? What happens when the person sweats?! If this product is safe then I can absolutely see this product being used in theatre and circus pieces.
I'm curious about the way this works. I doubt, though my knowledge of such devices is certainly limited, that one could use this sort of equipment without injury.
I can only assume that the material is just a good enough conductor that very little current actually goes into the body. They make pens of the same stuff for fixing circuit boards that are quite expensive, but I'm rather sure it is not non-toxic.
My first question is: WHY? While I can buy the performance aspects of this kind of trick is valid… I am wondering if there is any other practical application for this technology. Perhaps a method of wiring something where you want the wiring to disappear? However, I doubt that the paint could take much current. I think that this idea needs some flushing out before it becomes feasible.
The real question is, why wasn't this invented at CMU? We love to talk about collaboration between the arts and sciences at our school, but where is it actually happening, short of the ETC?
I am room mates with two CS majors and an electical computer engineer. It is amazing how much being around them has affected my work this year. Almost everything I did (from learning photoshop to building a working Theo Jansen robot), they have been able to help me with. It almost makes me sad that Purnell is an island unto itself. We could learn so much from being in the same building with other majors.
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