# Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMileHigh
- Speaker: Carson Bruns
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/carson_bruns_could_a_tattoo_help_you_stay_healthy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Can we make tattoos both beautiful and functional? Nanotechnologist Carson Bruns shares his work creating high-tech tattoos that react to their environment -- like color-changing ink that can tell you when you're getting a sunburn -- and shows exciting ways they can deliver real-time information about our health.

## Lectures

1. [Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/carson_bruns_could_a_tattoo_help_you_stay_healthy/877ae03b20f3), 11 min (TED's player)