Researchers are developing a digital "tattoo" that measures "mental workload." The "e-tattoo" is meant for workers with high-risk jobs like air traffic controllers. It's thinner and lighter than ...

Electronic face tattoo knows when you’re getting bored Stretchy sensors can tell when someone is dipping out of peak mental performance. By Mack DeGeurin Published May 29, 2025 2:22 PM EDT ...

E-tattoo to track mental workload in real time. Credit: Device/Huh et al. Researchers gave participants face tattoos that can track when their brain is working too hard.

The researchers’ disposable wireless e-tattoo electrode spans the width of the forehead and extends down to the cheekbone on each side of the face. A ground e-tattoo is attached behind one ear ...

Compared to the usual EEG equipment (a new system can start at $20,000), the e-tattoo is also inexpensive, with its chips and battery pack only costing $200, and its disposable sensors about $20 each.

David C. Pyrooz, a professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder and an expert on gangs and criminal networks, said even a blatant MS-13 tattoo on someone’s neck or face would not ...

The image shows a left hand with four tattoos, one on each finger — a marijuana leaf, a smiley face with the letter X for eyes, a cross and a skull. The hand also displays an M, an S, a 1 and a ...

The image shows a left hand with four tattoos, one on each finger — a marijuana leaf, a smiley face with the letter X for eyes, a cross and a skull. The image also displays an M, an S, a 1 and a ...

While Katz said that local law enforcement would be more familiar with specific tattoo designs in a given region, “I have worked on issues related to MS-13 for the past 15 years in El Salvador ...

He also has a camera, a tattoo of Earth, matchsticks, a knot, spiderweb, Pacman, noughts and crosses, his trademark smiley face and "Bus 1" – another reference to his time with One Direction.