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The Most Tragic Way To Celebrate An Earthquake

6:00AM August 26, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Earlier this week, heroic Brooklynite Jonathan Berg managed to accomplish something that was simultaneously accomplished by a mere 2.5 million other Brooklynites: not get killed by a weak-sauce earthquake. And then immortalised said accomplishment with a tattoo. Oh, Jonathan. More »


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I Hope Temporary Teeth Tattoos Never Become Popular Here

6:45AM August 13, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Trend hunters in Japan say the island nation’s latest fad is for people to stick temporary tattoos to their teeth. If these pics are any indication, it looks as if someone’s teeth are falling apart. More »


Science

What Is This?

9:55AM August 12, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

It’s not a flower. Maybe it’s part of a making-of documentary of a famous tub-based shock site. Actually, it does involve body modification, but it’s in the service of science, not human debasement. More »


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Tattoo Body Modification Gets Futuristically Functional

12:00AM July 25, 2011 | Jack Loftus

One day, in the not so distant future because it’s actually being used in a testing environment today, people will use invisible nano-tattoos to give doctors an instant snapshot of their body’s inner workings. More »


Online

Finally, A Website That Steps Up To Prevent Unwanted Body Art

8:20AM July 13, 2011 | Lily Newman

The next time you see a middle-aged man with an unfortunately placed “Frankie Say Relax” tattoo, hold your judgement. Many Friday nights ago, he may have fallen victim to a threat that haunts us all: the drunken tattoo decision. More »


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French Man Gets Interactive QR Code Tattoo

2:00AM July 11, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Real, fake or enhanced, this “animated tattoo” marketing video out of France appears to have worked as advertised: A tattooed lad with a desire for a QR code on his chest has received said body art, and it started moving. More »


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Facebook Friends Tattoo Was A Hoax

9:57AM June 9, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

We have all been pwned by the lady with the Facebook friends tattoo. Turns out, Susyj87 did not get a real tattoo. It was a transfer tattoo that washes off in a couple of days. More »


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Woman Gets Massive Tattoo Of All Her Facebook Friends’ Faces

9:20AM June 8, 2011 | Adrian Chen

The latest edition of absurd Facebook-related tattoos: This lady (?) got a tattoo of her 192 Facebook friends’ faces on her arm. Ugh. If this is going to become a trend, then Facebook needs to add a privacy setting that lets you not allow people to get your Facebook profile picture tattooed on a person’s arm. More »


Gaming

This Guy’s Wrist Is A Permanent Augmented Reality Game Board

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5:00PM May 3, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Augmented reality is one of those “next big thing” ideas, popping up on smartphones and gaming consoles everywhere and promising to change the way we engage with the world. And now, thanks to the wonders of a tattoo artist, it’s also on the wrist of an exceptionally passionate 3DS user. More »


Science

Mathematician Can Predict How Shitty Your Tattoo Will Look In 20 Years

11:30AM April 30, 2011 | Sam Biddle

So you’re totally sure [insert significant other]is the one. You’re going to set it in ink, right on your flesh! There’s no way you’ll ever regret it. But how will it look down the line? Math has the answer! More »