(music)
Hi, I am Tony Pelosi, a product director
at BCG Digital Ventures and I am the project leader
for the DuoSkin installation.
The DuoSkin installation showcases
temporary tattoo technology developed
at the MIT Media Lab as sensory input
into a computing device.
We are using the tattoos as buttons to operate
a nostalgic video game running on the tablet.
BCG is a member company of the MIT Media Lab.
We work with them and other member companies
to commercialize innovative technologies
developed at the lab.
The installation has three components;
the tattoos, which uses a multi-step fabrication process
including gold-leaf and silicon-based
temporary tattoo paper,
an Arduino controller connected to the tattoos
using thin copper tape and a tablet which receives
the instructions to operate the video game.
DuoSkin can also be embedded with NFC chips
for use as wearable identification tags
or thermo-chromatics to reflect mood.
There's a wide range of possibilities to use the technology
as a form of expression to evoke emotion.
DV designers have a penchant for marrying
the physical and digital worlds.
And this installation serves as an example
of how these two worlds can come together
in an elegant way.
When you use creative purposeful design
to solve customer needs,
and intersect it with a corporate advantage business model,
you have a recipe for success.
We hope this installation serves as inspiration
for our colleagues and clients.
(music)