A German student has invented braille tattoos. Until now, those without sight haven’t been able to appreciate the skilled artwork behind body inking, but Klara Jirkova wants to change that.
The University of the Arts Berlin student created the raised tattoos resembling braille bumps. Now you can modify your body to let the blind feel your statement through their sense of touch.
The raised bumps consist of implants under the skin, and could include individual beads or a small tablet of embossed text. The beads can be relatively small, but not as small as standard braille text as the body’s muscles would absorb and they would be lost to touch.
The embossed tattoos come made in surgical stainless steel, 316L, titanium or a specially formulated plastic.
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