Don't worry about the test subject's safety, though—there's a handy machine-halting panic lever installed for when they inevitably realise they've made a terrible mistake. As Em ...

Open the Youtube video In a world where 3D printers can make everything from prosthetic limbs to pizza, one engineer has taken the technology to a new, slightly concerning level: tattooing human skin.

What she’s about to do takes creativity and tech obsession to the next level: to transform a 3D printer into a functional tattoo machine. Therefore, [Emily] ingeniously modified one of her ...

Most of the teams came up with similar ideas, but one team went above and beyond the call of duty; they turned a 3D printer into a tattoo machine, capable of inking a real, live human test subject.

From traditional tribal marks to photo-realistic ink designs, the development of the art of tattoos is striking. The growth related to 3D tattoo art has been but a leap right off the skin itself, just ...

Emily The Engineer's 3D printer-tattoo-machine mod emblazoning her friend Dan's leg with "leg". | Credit: Emily The Engineer on YouTube Earlier this week, YouTuber and hardware hacker Emily The ...

Global Brief - Droga5 New York has partnered with Perky, a San Antonio-based breast cancer survivor clinic, to launch an ...

YouTuber Emily The Engineer may have developed a more cost-effective solution, however, as she's cracked open a 3D printer, bypassed its firmware, equipped it with a tattoo gun—and even found a ...