Tattoos mean different things to different people, from being just a style statement to telling a story about the person. But in this ever changing world tattoos can be relied upon to help people in a lot of ways.
Ink has been used to hide surgical scars and even help acid attack victims, and now color changing tattoos are set to change lives for a lot of people. A group of researchers from Harvard and MIT came together to design these tattoos to help diabetics.
The ink for biosensing tattoos makes the skin an interactive display and causes the tattoo to change color when blood sugar level is too low or high. The technology will make life less painful for people living with type 1 and 2 diabetes who have to pierce their skin several times a day.
In ancient times tattoos were used for several purposes including punishment for people, centuries later the art has clearly come a long way.
India Tribune, as an English weekly newspaper, was launched in 1977 in Chicago by its publisher Prashant Shah with a lofty ideal to serve the Asian Indian community in the USA. Over the years, it has grown with all vigor, and now it is being published in three editions – Chicago, New York and Atlanta. India Tribune, a journal of its kind for the family in the USA, has been a household name for many Indians for over three decades with each issue commanding a readership of over 125,000.
