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Will Electronic Tattoos Replace Smartphones?
Globalist technocrat Bill Gates made a prediction that’s causing quite a stir among those who fully comprehend the dangers of biometric surveillance. The billionaire tech mogul has been suggesting for years that electronic (digital) tattoos are the wave of the future and could possibly become the main way to communicate and access digital services.
Have you taken your place on the wall?
Nowadays, people around the world are joined at the hip to their smartphones, but is it possible that they would ditch their devices for a tattoo that’s integrated into the body? An article in the Daily Galaxy says, “Imagine having a device embedded in your skin that lets you interact with the world through simple gestures or touch. It’s sleek, unobtrusive, and possibly more intuitive than anything we’ve seen so far…technology becomes part of you, not something you carry.”
Tattoos that Track
These specialized tattoos would use conductive smart ink that utilizes nanocapacitors, which allow data to be sent via Bluetooth. By communicating with other devices, the tattoos could allow the user to send messages, browse the internet, or even unlock a door. Other tasks could include health monitoring that’s more accurate and detailed than a wearable. Heart rate, body temperature, sleep rate, or early illness detection could be seamlessly tracked.
Electronic tattoos could also serve as an embedded digital ID and payment method that can be accessed with a touch, scan, or gesture. Biometric data is stored in the tattoo, making it a “health tracker and a communication tool rolled into one.”
Chaotic Moon is one of the main companies that began exploring the possibility of electronic tattoos. Their “Tech Tats” were created using conductive paint along with an embedded microcontroller that sends information to an app. Though their “Tech Tats” remained prototypes, the goal was to use them for future applications in healthcare, the military, or other consumer industries. The company also worked on early prototypes of an application called Fitcoin–a fitness tracker that rewards users with Bitcoin.
Big Tech Takes on Tattoos
Artificial intelligence giant Accenture acquired Chaotic Moon in 2015 and continues to work on wearables, connected devices, and experimental tattoo prototypes. Whether or not a viable product will come to market remains to be seen, but Accenture is known for its ground-breaking work in AI-powered health analytics.
Accenture isn’t the only entity experimenting with biometrics and tattoos. The University of Texas at Austin and UCLA are developing a conductive ink that can be printed onto a patient’s scalp to measure brainwaves. Additionally, a forehead-mounted wireless e-tattoo is being designed which can monitor brain activity, as well as eye movements to track stress.
Researchers have also created ultrathin e-tattoos that are layered with platinum dichalcogenides in order to monitor eye movements, temperature, and brain signals. Moreover, there are other scientists investigating how to use graphene and 2D material to turn the skin into a neuromorphic surface that will allow smart tattoos to process signals and data.
Tech titan Google has partnered with VivaLNK, Inc., a digital health technology company that specializes in medical sensors and data platforms, “to develop advanced digital tattoo technology for health monitoring applications. This collaboration aims to integrate Vivalink’s wearable sensors with Google’s data analytics to provide real-time health data.”
Microsoft has worked with the MIT Media Lab to create DuoSkin, which utilizes specialized conductive, metallic ink. This enables the tattoos to function like touchpads with the skin as the interface.
MIT also developed a special dye made of quantum dots that could be delivered into the skin with a microneedle patch utilizing nanoparticles. The dye was delivered with a vaccine that allows for “on-patient” storage of vaccination history. A hidden barcode left underneath the skin could be detected using a smartphone camera. This project was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Though experimental, the technology itself was a success and could be used in the healthcare industry in the future.
Investment in Digital Tattoos is Growing
Research in wearable tattoos has been going strong for over a decade, and the market is predicted to grow exponentially. This is because of the “growing adoption of skin-integrated electronics in clinical monitoring, biometric authentication, and human-machine interaction.”
Currently, tech companies are still working on projects where electronic tattoos work in conjunction with smartphones in order to monitor everything from the brain and heart to hydration and glucose levels. It’s clear that Big Tech is focused on surveilling the human body in real time.
As AI and technology rapidly advances, is it possible that electronic tattoos will become a permanent fixture in the body to replace phones, or will they morph into something else? This question was posed to ChatGPT. Very quickly it sketched out a future scenario of daily life with electronic tattoos as described below.
Morning:
You wake up, and your skin glows faintly on your forearm with the day’s schedule, your sleep score, and your resting heart rate. No need to check a phone. You tap your wrist twice, and your tattoo projects a holographic checklist into the air for the day.
Breakfast
While you’re making coffee, your electronic tattoo automatically pays for your grocery delivery when the courier arrives — biometric verification is built into your skin.
A tiny haptic pulse buzzes on your shoulder tattoo to notify you of an incoming call. You accept with a voice command, and the sound plays in your bone-conduction earbuds, synced directly to your tattoo system.
Commute
On the train, instead of scrolling through a phone, your tattoo projects news headlines onto your skin in shifting text, or beams them straight to your AR contact lenses.
Your location and health stats are continuously monitored — if your stress rises, the tattoo suggests a calming breathing exercise right on your wrist.
Work
At the office, you use your tattoo as a secure ID pass — it unlocks doors, logs you into your workstation, and stores your digital credentials. Need to present something? A wave of your hand casts your slides onto a nearby wall, since the tattoo links wirelessly with the room’s projectors.
Evening
At the gym, your tattoo tracks every rep, heartbeat, and calorie burn in real time. It projects a glowing progress bar across your forearm so you can see how close you are to your goal.
Night
Before bed, the tattoo switches into sleep mode–dimming its glow, starting a gentle relaxation program, and syncing the day’s health data into your encrypted cloud. If something goes wrong–like a dangerous heart rhythm –the tattoo could even auto-call emergency services.
Of course, this is just a hypothetical scenario involving digital tattoos. But the truth is that AI is accelerating at incredible speed. As Christians and intercessors, we must be ready for whatever comes next. Whether it’s an electronic tattoo, an implant, or the latest invention out of Silicon Valley, we must tackle it through prayer.
Some concerns about electronic tattoos, or other implantable devices, are:
- They can be used to track and surveil. In the wrong hands and with the wrong intentions, this could lead to loss of privacy and personal freedom.
- These devices could be hacked or intercepted by bad actors.
- They could be used to control populations through excessive monitoring.
- If used as an ID or payment system, a digital trail makes every purchase traceable.
- Services or accounts could be restricted or shut off for non-compliance.
Praying about Electronic Tattoos and Implantable Devices
Lord Jesus, You know that technology is growing at an unprecedented rate. With this acceleration comes much risk. We ask you to give us discernment about every new invention released into our world. Electronic tattoos and implantable devices could be used to surveil our bodies and eventually remove our autonomy and freedom. Help us resist any technology that could be used against us.
What do you think about electronic (digital) tattoos? How are you praying?
Angela Rodriguez is an author, blogger, and former teacher who studies the signs of the times, as well as the historical and biblical connections between Israel and the United States. You can visit her blogs at 67owls.com and 100trumpets.com. She is also the author of Psalm 91: Under the Wings of Jesus and Hallelujah’s Great Ride. Photo Credit: GoodLifeStudio/Getty Images Signature via Canva Teams.
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Peoples make $90+ per hour on the platform. Very! You choose when to work, how much to work, and which projects you’d like to work on. Work is available 24/7/365……. 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐀𝐩𝐩𝟏.𝐂𝐨𝐦
How can we not see this as the beginning of the mark of the beast?
We have to pray against this happening!!!
“Electronic tattoos could also serve as an embedded digital ID and payment method that can be accessed with a touch, scan, or gesture”
“ Additionally, a forehead-mounted wireless e-tattoo is being designed which can monitor brain activity, as well as eye movements to track stress.”
Revelation:13-16-17
He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.”
“ Wisdom is needed here.” verse 18