This story must be making the sci-fi blog rounds.  I just read it off of io9.

Sounds like there are still complications -- brittleness -- but very promising for a future of Tweedy tattoos.  Once again, the FDO shows his prescient science themes from his novels.  Word domination...surrender now.

These are the bitches that inspired the Rocktopi of EARTHCORE fame. I can't find the clip that inpsired me some 15 years ago, but here's a nice little chunk to show what they can do.

here we go again, science making our scifi future a reality today!  Now where did I leave my nanites...

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/new-ultra-flexible-waterproof-leds-can-be-implanted-under-your-skin

The first thing I thought of when I read the headline was "I wonder how much longer before somebody figures out how to mentally control the display?" I love the line about how you know that somebody is figuring out how to put these in a condom!