This Machine Offers the "World's First Painless Tattoo"

A start-up named CipherX has designed a machine it says delivers the "world's first painless tattoo."Unveiled at an event in London last week, the CipherX microdot tattoo system comprises a loading dock, a handheld applicator and a patch that carries the chosen design as a series of microneedles.Using the applicator, the patch is pressed quickly onto the skin, where the microneedles begin to transfer the pigment and dissolve. "You can think of [the needles] as a sandcastle – it stands up until y...