The company Blackdot unveiled an automated tattoo device that applies an image to the skin based on a non-fungible token (NFT).
The machine uses the so-called “hidden test points” to determine the characteristics of the customer. These points are compared with Blackdot’s database to determine the ideal location for applying the NFT.
“Artists are always amazed by the precision with which the Blackdot device can reproduce their works. Our dots are about 250 micrometres in diameter (0.25 mm), and we can apply them with surgical precision, and this combination allows for extremely detailed drawings that cannot be tattooed by hand,” said the company’s chief technology officer Yan Azdud.
Designs for tattoos are sold on the Blackdot marketplace. The company uses blockchain technology to track tattoos that have already been inked. Artists receive royalties for every design created.
As part of the initiative, the firm has engaged generative artist Tyler Hobbs, tattoo artist Omer Tunk, and illustrator John Craig for collaboration.
In Blackot they believe that their new product “is capable of changing culture and people’s attitudes toward art, tattoos and self-expression.”
The company is based in Austin, Texas, and is currently seeking investors to expand further in the United States. According to Crunchbase, the project raised $4.5 million in 2021.
As previously reported, Shiba Inu implemented a solution for the digital authentication of physical items called Shibacals based on NFT. The initiative is primarily aimed at confirming the authenticity of goods and “enhancing their aesthetic appeal”.