Gallery: Watch: This Guy Has a Digital Tattoo Viewable Only by Cellphone

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    Brawny CNES Earth-return vehicle: visible are the back side of the aerocapture heat shield, one of two U.S. EEVs, four Netlanders, folded solar arrays for Mars-orbital operations and the flight from Mars to Earth, and a fanciful background. Image: ESA/David Ducros
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    Recently, artist Anthony Antonellis had an RFID chip implanted in its hand. Its contents? A teeny animated GIF, free for all to view! *Image: Animal NY*
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    French Earth-return vehicle aerocaptures into Mars orbit. Image: NASA JPL/Corby Waste
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    The whole thing is stored in a glass capsule, about the size of a grain of rice. *Image: Animal NY*
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    Its storage capacity? A whopping 1KB. *Image: Animal NY*
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    CNES orbiter modified to operate without U.S. EEV capsules following U.S. withdrawal from the joint NASA-CNES MSR project. Image: ESA/David Ducros
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    The artist can update its contents with his smartphone at will--text, MIDI files, images from other artists. *Image: Animal NY*
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