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Carson Bruns begins his TED talk “Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?” by telling the audience about a tattooed 5,300-years-old mummy called Ötzi. Bruns explains that Ötzi has 61 black tattoos, which scientists believe were used to aid in certain therapies. In this way, Bruns creates a brief historical perspective on tattoos and prepares the audience for his main argument – the use of tattoos and modern technology for medicinal p...