A small amount of Z-hop was added in between strokes to prevent unintended lines, before the printer was deemed ready for the inclusion of a tattoo machine. To add to the fear factor, Emily admits ...

Emily The Engineer's 3D printer-tattoo-machine mod emblazoning her friend Dan's leg with "leg". | Credit: Emily The Engineer on YouTube Earlier this week, YouTuber and hardware hacker Emily The ...

an automatic tattoo machine is one of those devices that leaves anybody who has gone through a rough tattoo session wincing in unison. One 3D printing aficionado created the one device even the ...

Most of the teams came up with similar ideas, but one team went above and beyond the call of duty; they turned a 3D printer into a tattoo machine, capable of inking a real, live human test subject.

What she’s about to do takes creativity and tech obsession to the next level: to transform a 3D printer into a functional tattoo machine. Therefore, [Emily] ingeniously modified one of her ...