As the art of tattoos has evolved, so have the machines designed to turn ink into living art. The process requires reciprocating needles that repeatedly penetrate the dermal skin at a high rate of ...

If you've never gotten a tattoo, you might think that a tattoo needle works by "injecting" ink under the skin. That's sort of true, but close-up and slowed-down footage of the process reveals some ...

Greensburg tattoo shop owner Nick Christofano has inked himself into the industry history books. After 28 years in the business, Christofano received a patent late last year for a tattoo machine he ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Adapting 3D printers to do things other than their intended purpose isn’t necessarily a new idea, but that doesn’t make this autonomous tattooing robot any less awesome. By attaching a standard tattoo ...

The main characters of Jamie Santos’ Saturday art lecture included four of the world’s pioneering female tattoo artists, and a silicon arm named “Armothy.” Santos is an artist and the owner of ...

Like a hive of buzzing bees, tattoo guns hummed a uniform chorus that filled a hall of the Portland Expo Center on Friday. People everywhere reclined on their backs, sat upright against walls, lay ...