The Tattoo Sound Controller reads skin ink like sheet music..

Created by Moscow-based media artist Dmitry Morozov, the Tattoo Sound Controller is a sound instrument that uses tattoos as a musical score. The instrument is mounted onto the arm and consists of a railing, hand holders, and sensors that move along the arm using a stepper motor. It is also fitted with a three-dimensional Wii remote controller that enables additional expression when the user moves his hand in space. The tattoo that serves as music sheet is specifically designed for this application and the artist can manually control the movement of the sensors to create variations in the sound patterns. The artist describes the device as an instrument that “combines human body and robotic system into a single entity that is designed to automate creative process in an attempt to represent the artist and his instrument as a creative hybrid.” Dmitry Morozov is known for his DIY and circuit-bent music instruments like the “post code,” which reads bar codes and interprets them as music. Check out a video of the Tattoo Sound Controller at work below.

David Beckham Tattoo New .

Doting dad and former soccer star David Beckham showed off two of his newest tattoos, dedicated to his children, on Instagram Wednesday. The first tattoo is on his hand and is a drawing by his 4-year-old daughter, Harper. He captioned the picture of the ink, "Apparently Harper is allowed to scribble on daddy." Victoria Beckham Instagrammed a black-and-white photo of the tattoo, with the caption, "Harper is a true little artist x x vb." Brooklyn Beckham, the couple's 16-year-old son, also shared a photo of Harper's tattoo, saying, "Love my dads new tat." David's second tattoo appears to be somewhere on the side of his torso and says, "We love you daddy" in clear handwriting. He captioned the photo of the tattoo, "The boys expressing how they feel about daddy." It's been only a few days since David showed off what was his latest tattoo addition, a rose on his neck. It's only a matter of time before new artwork shows up again.

Japanese Character Tattoos

Say you want Japanese symbols characters for tattoos that you want to be printed on your body. I mean, how else can you hide the fact that you had your ex-lover's name inked on your wrist but still not seem like a demented and stalker ex boyfriend, right? Or more so, how else can you have your mother's name printed on you is a "cooler" more hip way?

Thing is, the danger in having Japanese style tattoos is that since you have no idea how the language goes, you are not assured on how the characters should be. I mean, the odds of choosing a symbol that you fancy that may mean something positive but you end up getting it printed on you inverted are very high as that is one horror story I have heard about Japanese character tats.

Another boo-boo that may occur is that you use an online translation site that converts a word for you to Japanese. Anything free online is usually BS so it is highly likely as well that your translation could go wrong.

And if you do go to a Japanese restaurant and ask a waiter to translate things for you, he may not be able to understand what you really mean and give you a translation so far off, you wish you'd just stuck with the online translator.