You can now unlock your Motorola phone with a 'digital tattoo'

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Moto X digital tattoo unlock" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/d5ca9a102b4f24315eae539b2d85ccf3/200464039/moto-x-tattoo-unlock.gif" /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hate unlocking your Android smartphone so much that even Face Unlock or Skip feels like too much of a hassle? Motorola just came to your rescue. The company has partnered with VivaLnk to launch the previously teased <a href="http://motorola-blog.blogspot.ca/2014/07/-unlock-your-moto-x-with-a-digital-tattoo.html" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Digital Tattoo</a>, an NFC-based skin tag that unlocks your phone (currently limited to the Moto X) with a quick tap. The tattoo can stay on your body for up to five days, and it should survive abuses like showers and sweat-laden runs. It's a clever approach that might be appealing if you're fed up with PIN codes and patterns, although the back-of-a-napkin math suggests that you're paying a lot just to save a couple of seconds when checking your email. VivaLnk is asking $10 for packs of 10 tattoos, or enough to last 50 days -- you'll have to spend $80 to get through a whole year. It could be useful for those busy days when you're constantly waking up your handset, but you might be better off rolling that money into a Moto 360 or your next big phone upgrade.</span></div> <div align="center" style="color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper" style="padding: 354px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 630px;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" id="fitvid874238" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/15uIFmysZV4?rel=0&wmode=opaque" style="height: 354px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 630px;"></iframe></div> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper" style="padding: 354px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 630px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">source-<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/22/digital-tattoo-phone-unlock/" target="_blank">engadjet</a></span></div> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper" style="padding: 354px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 630px;"> <br /></div> </div> </div>

You can now unlock your Motorola phone with a 'digital tattoo'

Hate unlocking your Android smartphone so much that even Face Unlock or Skip feels like too much of a hassle? Motorola just came to your rescue. The company has partnered with VivaLnk to launch the p…

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