Auto Ink Machine By Chris Eckert

However, there is also another aspect of inventions that are sophisticated, but not necessarily indispensable in daily life. In this category falls the Auto Ink, a machine made by Chris Eckert and serving, nothing more and nothing less than to make tattoos.
The machine is a sculpture of three numerically controlled axes. Once the switch is activated, the operator assigns a religion and the symbol is tattooed on the arm of the person. The operator is automatic, so you have no control on the selected symbol. Is appointed, either randomly or by divine intervention, depending on the beliefs of each person.
Currently, the Auto Ink have a pen instead of a needle, but when it is replaced, you can permanently mark the skin of anyone who dares to try. Chris Eckert, the Californian artist behind this unusual machine, is devoted to create any number of mechanical devices that develop very specific functions. For example, a machine that literally writes , using a fountain pen instead of moveable type for its work.