BBC has posed the question “Could electric tattoos be the next step in body art?” They highlight the work that Dr. Nanshu Lu and Dr. Hyoyoung Jeong created and Dr. Lu’s outlook for the future of this technology. The article goes on to say “Prof Lu isn’t only interested in medical applications. She suggests that future electronic tattoo designs could light up to reveal when someone’s heart is beating faster. That could make dates more interesting.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56561708

Our recent paper “Chest-Laminated Ultrathin and Stretchable E-Tattoo for the Measurement of Electrocardiogram, Seismocardiogram, and Cardiac Time Intervals” is selected as the front cover of Advanced Science. We built a noninvasive e-tattoo capable of synchronous electrocardiogram (ECG) and seismocardiogram (SCG) sensing, which can also be used for beat-to-beat blood pressure (BP) inference. 3D digital image correlation (3D DIC) was used to map chest vibration due to heart beat, which is useful to determine the best location to laminate the e-tattoo.