Tattooing requires pinpoint accuracy (literally), so it has never been possible to execute remotely due to delays in data traveling over networks. However, thanks to the advent of 5G networks, which have virtually no delay, something that requires this level of precision can now be done remotely.
Anomaly carried out “The Impossible Tattoo” in partnership with The Mill, which developed a robotic arm to administer the tattoo on Dutch actress and TV personality Stijn Fransenm. That arm was then hooked up to a 5G network and controlled by Dutch tattoo artist Wes, who operated it from another location. Everything went off without a hitch.
“Instead of just talking about what the future could bring us, we wanted to show what 5G is really capable of. To be able to fully trust a tattoo artist remotely tattooing your body.... It’s that needle-to-skin tension that makes this so powerful and we knew that if we’d pull it off, we would create something incredible that has never been done before,” said Anomaly Creative Directors Afshin Moeini and Christian Poppius.
