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Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway
I was thinking of a flexible pad that accommodated to the contours. The spacing between the micro-needles or ink jets would be really small to be able to adjust for the shape. Actually with contours you could get really cool images that would not be possible in 2-D.
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A pad would need to be flexible enough to go around the smallest (and some cases large) imperfections in peoples skins. It would also likely need to be conductive, and it would also need to be biodegradable in the body, since bit of it would be getting pushed into the skin along with the ink.
I vote skip the pad. Use lasers make a topographic map of the area, while a projector puts down an image of the proposed art. The topographic map along with the image lets the brains of the unit calculate a 'firing solution'. Temporary marks are put down at the corners of the art to act as fence posts for the system. People are wiggly creatures, so the system would need to be able to recognize how much of the art has been completed visually. Use a laser to track distance from the skin.
Come on Mike, lets patent this sumbiatch and make some $
