Soundwave tattoos

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Soundwave tattoos are tattoo designs created from audio clips. [1] [2] The tattoos can be scanned and played back via a smartphone app which translates the tattoo's wavelengths into sound. [3] The process was pioneered by an augumented reality app Soundwaves Tattoo developed by Lazar Mihai in 2017. [4] [5]

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People have used sound wave tattoos to preserve the voices of their loved ones (deceased and alive) [3] [8] or pets. [9]

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