Hasta La Ideas

Check out design consultancy RKS’ latest: The Neuma Hybrid Tattoo Machine, a “lighter-weight, fully-autoclavable tattoo machine delivering a less painful tattoo experience and drastically reduced healing times.”

Traditional electric coil tattoo machines have barely evolved since their invention in the late 1800’s. Still in wide use today, these machines are heavy, awkward, loud, temperamental, and, worst of all, they can’t be sterilized in medical grade autoclave machines. This significantly increases chances of spreading blood-borne disease.

Dissatisfied with traditional coil machines, award-winning tattoo artist and inventor Carson Hill set out to create a completely new kind of tattoo technology–the first air-powered tattoo machine.

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