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Reminds me of the "OC tattoos" (organic computing tattoos) of The Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton; the tattooed-in hardware ran on-person secure electron
by NortySpock 6y ago
Reminds me of the "OC tattoos" (organic computing tattoos) of The Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton; the tattooed-in hardware ran on-person secure electronic storage, cryptography keys, banking authentication software, and "electronic butler" systems (restricted artificial intelligence systems that acted as your virtual secretary).
- tenacious_tuna 6y agoWhenever we're able to compare imagined scifi things to "real" ones I always like seeing how close the scifi imaginer got. Hamilton's OC tattoos always seemed relatively rationally designed, with both a bent of aesthetic preference (with some people using the OC tattoos to effect butterfly wings around the eyes that change color, etc), but also functionality, with larger tattoos required for more speed/storage/etc. As we see these develop, I wonder how close (or far) the rest will turn out to be.
- Fnoord 6y agoThe night elves in the fantasy game World of Warcraft wear eye/face tattoos as well. I don't know, isn't it painful to get? Either way, I have fear of needles. I sure as hell won't get a tattoo. I'm still eagerly waiting for that device in Snow Crash which protects a woman against non-consensual intercourse. It was also a brilliant plot twist IMO.