Samsung’s C-Lab is an incubator for projects developer by employees. First unveiled to the public in late 2015, we’ve seen C-Labs concepts including fitness trackers, hands-free voice tools for motorycle helmets, and an app that transcribes music when you hum it out loud.

This week Samsung is showing off a few new (and old) C-Lab projects at the IFA show in Berlin.

prinker

Prinker

One new project is the awkwardly named Prinker — a device that can “print on human skin.”

Basically it’s a wireless mobile printer that users non-toxic ink to print temporary tattoos that will last for up to 2 days… or until you wash them off with soap and water.

Prinker can pair with your smartphone to let you print designs from an online art gallery app.

Mopic

You can get a 3D viewing experience from a smartphone by slapping it into a Google Cardboard-style headset and strapping it to your face. But what if you don’t want to have to wear your phone?

mopic

Mopic is a device that connects to the phone like a case, giving it a glasses-free 3D viewing experience.

Samsung isn’t providing many details about how Mopic works yet, but this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a company try to deliver glasses-free 3D on a mobile device. Usually the experience is kind… underwhelming.

Sgnl, Entrim4D, and WELT

Samsung is also showing off a trio of projects we’ve seen before, including the Sgnl device that recently hit Kickstarter.

sgnl

Sgnl is a watch band or wrist strap that turns your hand into a Bluetooth headset by conducting sound waves through your body. Hold your finger to your ear to take a call, and speak into the mic on the strap.

entrim4d

Entrim4D is a VR headset that also comes with a pair of headphones that send electrical signals to a nerve in your ear to affect your perception of balance and motion, potentially making VR videos and games feel more realistic (and less nausea-inducing).

welt

WELT is a fitness tracker in a belt. In addition to tracking your step count, it can actually measure your waistline.

It’s not clear if or when all of these products will come to market. But with Sgnl already on Kickstarter, and with Samsung showing off a few devices for the third time (or more), it looks like some products such as the Entrim4D and WELT are alive and kicking… at least for now.

 

 

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5 replies on “Samsung’s newest C-Lab projects: Glasses-free 3D, temporary tattoo printer”

  1. I thankyou because the article has told me something new. I really didn’t know this anything about this Samsung’s newest C-Lab projects: Glasses-free 3D, temporary tattoo printer. The way you explain is very easy to understand.

  2. Hopefully the ink from Prinker lasts longer than the ink of temporary tattoos sold in the store. They only last about 24 hours or until you take a shower. Cool idea, but hopefully improved non-toxic ink is developed.

    1. I’d say Prinker is safe enough and fun enough to make a market. The fun art uses for temp tattoos is one thing.

      Yet, there are practically applications too. I wonder if you could use it for a Triathlons to give each person a barcode and contestant number that would stay on for the race? Or, at the hospital I know some surgeons write on patients with Sharpie, so they don’t cut off the wrong limb. I imagine having a ‘safe inking system’ that could do complex shapes or graphics might help surgeons.

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