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Early next year, the business partners plan to release their first product, Magic Ink, to a group of hand-picked artists. Their tattoos can be turned on and off with different kinds of light. They have long-term hopes for smart tattoos that have a health value, but cosmetics are cheaper and simpler to get to consumers than medical devices. So, that’s where they’re starting.

The new ink will enter a market in a moment of flux for the regulation of cosmetics.

The new ink will enter a market in a moment of flux for the regulation of cosmetics.

Tattoos are more popular than ever. About a third of Americans have at least one. A scientist-entrepreneur, together with a celebrity tattoo artist, believes that ink could be doing a lot more.

The most important stories for you to know today

The most important stories for you to know today

The new ink will enter a market in a moment of flux for the regulation of cosmetics

Tattoos are more popular than ever. About a third of Americans have at least one. A scientist-entrepreneur, together with a celebrity tattoo artist, believes ink could be doing a lot more.

Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy, tattoo artist to Rihanna and LeBron James, has partnered with nanoengineer Carson Bruns on a "smart ink."

University of Colorado Boulder nanoengineer Carson Bruns started a company with tattoo-artist-to-the-stars Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy, along with a former doctoral student. Early next year, they plan to release their first product, Magic Ink, to a group of handpicked artists.