Media Impact
TELEVISION AND PODCAST INTERVIEWS
1. Dell Technologies. Tattoos: innovation in ink. Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson. 2022 https://
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tattoos-innovation-in-ink/id1212045046?i=1000574862810
2. Fox Nation. USA Ink: Tattoos Today & Tomorrow. May 2021. https://nation.foxnews.com/usa-ink/.
3. KVIE, Curiosity Project. Highlight: Katia Vega. Jul 2018. https://www.kvie.org/programs/
curiosityproject/katia-vega/
4. Panera Bread. Sugar Interrupted (2018). https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/food-interrupted/
sugar-interrupted.html
5. Make. State of Electroincs. January 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvjwDKYb3KM
6. America Noticias. #GenteQueHaceHistoria. Facebook, February 20, 2017 https://www.facebook.
com/americanoticiasoficial/videos/1316549158404015/
7. Tracks Art TV. Horizon cosmétique : le maquillage du futur. Tracks Arte TV, February 17, 2017 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5bs062
8. Marca Peru. Katia Cánepa Vega fue una de las ganadoras de la reconocida premiación MIT Review 2017. https://www.facebook.com/marcaPERU/videos/1350854551631115
9. Discovery, Exploration Production, Inc. Daily Planet. April 10, 2015.
10. VICE: The Creators Project . Make It Wearable Part 3: Human Expression. March 6, 2014 https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/aendab/make-it-wearable-part-3-human-expression
ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA
11. The book "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, 100 Extraordinary Peruvians” highligts the lifestory of
Katia Vega. Editorial Planeta (2021).
12. UC Davis, Noah Pflueger-Peters. How Can We Use Jewelry to Communicate? April 01, 2022 https://www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosity/how-using-jewelry-communicate
13. Com Stock Magazine, Jennifer Fergesen. The Might of Mycelium. May 9, 2022 https://www.comstocksmag.com/longreads/might-mycelium.
14. ACM News, Paul Marks. "Finally, Apps to Sink Your Teeth Into" January 12, 2021. https://cacm.acm.org/news/249831-finally-apps-to-sink-your-teeth-into/fulltext
15. CMU, Art && Code. Katia Vega. 2021. http://artandcode.com/homemade/katia-vega/
16. Citris - UC. "2021 Women in Tech Initiative Athena Award Winners Announced". https://citris-uc.org/2021-women-in-tech-initiative-athena-award-winners-announced/.
17. UCSC, Tim Stephens. UCSC experts in human-computer interaction featured at Women in Tech Symposium. February 16, 2021. https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/women-in-tech.html
18. LA TIMES, Seung Jae Park. Smart Tattoos. July 21, 2020 https://highschool.latimes.com/fairmontpreparatory-academy/smart-tattoos-transforming-your-phone-into-fashion/
19. Masala, Uzma Batool. Tattoo For Diabetics Changes Colour Along With Blood Sugar Level
Fluctuations In The Body. January 25, 2020. https://www.masala.com/tips/tattoo-for-diabeticschanges-
colour-along-with-blood-sugar-level-fluctuations-in-the-body-315177.
20. Coverteur, Bibi Deitz. The Trippiest Technical Wellness Coming At You in 2020. December 26, 2019.
https://coveteur.com/2019/12/26/technical-wellness-trends-2020/
21. Andina, Innovadores de 15 países se reunirán en encuentro de fabricación digital. October 2019.
https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-innovadores-15-paises-se-reuniran-encuentro-fabricaciondigital-
770257.aspx.
22. BBC. Tattoos could soon be used to monitor health. March 26, 2018. http://www.bbc.com/future/
story/20180326-tattoos-could-soon-be-used-to-monitor-health
23. PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Carolyn
Beans. Science and Culture: Wearable tech meets tattoo art in a bid to revolutionize both. April 3,
2018. http://www.pnas.org/content/115/14/3504
24. The AU Review, David Smith. SXSW 2018: Here’s all the winners from SXSW Interactive Innovation
Awards. March 19, 2018 http://iris.theaureview.com/sxsw-2018-heres-all-the-winners-fromsxsw-
interactive-innovation-awards/
25. Ars Electronica. Artists as Capitalists. Knowledge Capital, December 15, 2017. https://kc-i.jp/en/
activity/arselectronica/vol08/
26. Printed Electronics World. Printed Electronics World. Colour changing tattoos monitor health.
October 5, 2017 https://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/12891/colour-changing-tattoosmonitor-
health
82. FORBES, Bruce Y. Lee . Designing Smart Tattoos To Help Monitor Your Health. October 2, 2017
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2017/10/02/designing-smart-tattoos-to-help-monitor-yourhealth/
27. Les on unique. Diabète : un tatouage interactif pour en finir avec les piqûres. Les on unique,
October 2, 2017 http://www.lesonunique.com/content/diab-te-un-tatouage-interactif-pour-enfinir-
avec-les-piq-res-89967
28. De Ingenieur. Tatoeage meet glucose in bloed. De Ingenieur, October 2, 2017 https://www.
deingenieur.nl/artikel/tatoeage-meet-glucose-in-bloed
29. Digital Journal, Ken Hanly. Use of tattoos to measure blood sugar being researche. October 1
2017 http://www.digitaljournal.com/life/health/dermal-abyss-project-uses-tatoos-to-measureblood-
sugar-levels/article/503946
30. Phys Org, Alvin Powell. Researchers develop smart tattoos for health monitoring. September 29,
2017 https://phys.org/news/2017-09-smart-tattoos-health.html
31. CNET, Laura Martinez. CNET en Español: The 20 most influential Latinos in tech, 2017. September 26 2017 https://www.cnet.com/news/cnet-en-espanol-the-20-most-influential-latinos-intech-2017/
32. Fast Company. Innovation by Design Awards. Fast Company, September 2017 https://www.
fastcompany.com/innovation-by-design/2017/category/students
33. CBS, Mary Marcus. Color-changing tattoos aim to monitor blood sugar, other health stats. June 2017
https://cbsnews.com/news/color-changing-tattoos-aim-to-monitor-blood-sugar-other-health-stats/
34. Tizeali, Ladislav Loukota. Elektronické tetování jako chytrý pomocník pro diabetiky. August 1 2017
https://nedd.tiscali.cz/elektronicke-tetovani-jako-chytry-pomocnik-pro-diabetiky-300983
35. Infobae, Muriel Balbi. Tatuajes para la salud: un laboratorio a flor de piel y en tiempo real. July
22, 2017 https://www.infobae.com/tendencias/innovacion/2017/07/22/tatuajes-para-la-salud-unlaboratorio-
a-flor-de-piel-y-en-tiempo-real/
36. World Economic Forum, Tom Ward. These color- changing tattoos could help millions monitor their
health. July 10, 2017 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/these-color-changing-tattooscould-
help-millions-monitor-their-health
37. Mims Today, Afina Najib. From tattoo regret to tattoo desire: The risks and benefits of body inking.
September 29, 2017 https://today.mims.com/from-tattoo-regret-to-tattoo-desire-the-risks-andbenefits-
of-body-inking
38. El Commercio. Dos peruanas entre los veinte latinos más influyentes en tecnología de EE.UU. El
Comercio, September 29, 2017 https://elcomercio.pe/tecnologia/actualidad/dos-peruanas-veintelatinos-
influyentes-tecnologia-ee-uu-fotos-noticia-461128
39. Infanr, Chen Song. My mother asked me why the tattoo is, of course, "for health" June 31, 2017
http://www.ifanr.com/845390
40. France TV info. Le Fashion Tech Festival dévoile les prouesses technologiques de la mode de demain. France info., June 29, 2017 https://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/mode/expos-mode/lefashion-tech-festival-devoile-les-vetements-de-demain-257781
41. Laboratory Equipment, Lauren Scrudato. Color-changing Tattoo Ink Could Monitor Medical Conditions. October 2, 2017 https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2017/10/color-changingtattoo-ink-could-monitor-medical-conditions
42. Medical Plastics News, Reece Armstrong. Inked up: Smart tattoo monitors your health. October 2, 2017 https://www.medicalplasticsnews.com/news/inked-up-smart-tattoo-monitors-your-health/
43. WIRED, Anna Schughart. MIT-Forscherin Katia Vega vereint Schönheit mit Technologie. June 23, 2017 https://www.wired.de/collection/science/koerper-plattform-beauty-technology-tattoo
44. A Sweet Life, Alex O’Meara. Creating Diabetes Tattoos That Sense Changes in Blood Sugar. June 20, 2017 https://asweetlife.org/creating-diabetes-tattoos-that-sense-changes-in-blood-sugar/
45. La Vanguardia, Mayte Rius. El MIT desarrolla un tatuaje que avisa del estado de salud. June 20, 2017. https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20170620/423517159467/tatuaje-estado-salud.html
46. WIRED, Sofie Czilwik. Warum sich Diabetiker ein Tattoo stechen lassen sollten. June 15, 2017
https://www.wired.de/collection/tech/tattoo-diabetiker-wearable-mit-blutzuckermessung
47. CNET, Brianne Garrett . Forget smartwatches: This tattoo could soon track your health. June 15,
2017. https://www.cnet.com/news/forget-smartwatches-this-tattoo-could-soon-track-your-health/
48. Interesting Engineering, Jessica Miley. These Biosensing Tattoos Change Color When Your Health Is
at Risk (2017) https://interestingengineering.com/biosensing-tattoos-change-color-health
49. The Daily Caller, Hollis Poch. MIT Researchers Develop Tattoo Ink That Can Track Your Health (2017).
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/mit-researchers-develop-tattoo-ink-that-can-track-your-health/
50. PC World, Patricia Figuero. Tatuajes que cambian de color según tu nivel de glucosa (2017). https://
www.pcworld.es/articulos/hogar-digital/tatuajes-que-cambian-de-color-segun-tu-nivel-deglucosa-
419337/
51. Science Alert, Signe Dean. MIT Has Developed Colour-Changing Tattoo Ink That Monitors Your
Health in Real Time. June 13, 2017. https://www.sciencealert.com/mit-is-working-on-colourchanging-
tattoo-ink-that-can-monitor-your-health-in-real-time
52. El Economista, EcoDiario.es. Estos tatuajes cambian de color reaccionando a tu estado de salud.
EcoDiario.es, June 12, 2017 https://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/viralplus/noticias/8424232/06/17/
Estos-tatuajes-cambian-de-color-reaccionando-a-tu-estado-de-salud.html
53. Daily Mail, Harry Pettit. The incredible colour changing tattoos that monitor the blood sugar levels of people with diabetes in real-time. June 9, 2017. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4587850/Colour-changing-tattoo-ink-help-people-diabetes.html
54. Metro US, Kristin Toussaint. MIT researchers develop color-changing tattoos that help monitor your health. June 7, 2017 https://www.metro.us/news/big-stories/color-changing-tattoos-monitorhealth-biosensors-mit
55. Digital Trends, Luke Dormehl. MIT and Harvard‘s biosensing tattoos will change color when you‘re dehydrated. June 6, 2017 https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/biosensor-tattoo-tech/
56. Motherboard, Daniel Oberhaus. MIT Has Created a Biosensing, Color Changing Tattoo Ink. June 3, 2017 https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gypgbb/mit-has-created-a-biosensing-colorchanging-tattoo-ink
57. Inquirer. Color-changing tattoos being developed for monitoring health. Inquirer, May 31, 2017
http://technology.inquirer.net/63392/color-changing-tattoos-being-developed-for-healthmonitoring
58. Dezeen. MIT researchers develop tattoo inks that could act as health trackers. June 1, 2017. https://
dezeen.com/2017/06/01/mit-researchers-tattoo-inks-act-health-trackers-design-technology/
59. Mic, Susmita Baral. Scientists created tattoos that change color to give you real-time data about
your body. June 1, 2017. https://mic.com/articles/178719/scientists-created-tattoos-that-changecolor-
to-give-you-real-time-data-about-your-body
60. SlashGear, Brittany A. Roston. Smart tattoo with biosensor ink can monitor glucose levels and
more. May 30, 2017. https://www.slashgear.com/smart-tattoo-with-biosensor-ink-can-monitorglucose-
levels-and-more-30486909/
61. Fast Company, Katharine Schwab. These Color-Changing Tattoos Monitor Your Health, No Wearable
Needed. May 30, 2017. https://www.fastcompany.com/90127275/these-tattoos-change-colorsbased-on-the-health-of-your-body
62. Paris Match. Un tatouage qui change de couleur en fonction de notre santé. Paris Match, June 2,
2017. https://parismatch.be/lifestyle/technologie/47267/un-tatouage-qui-change-de-couleur-enfonction-
de-notre-sante
63. Popular Mechanics, Sophie Weiner. This Tattoo Ink Can Sense How Healthy You Are. June 2,
2017. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a26747/tattoos-health-color/
64. Correo. Entrevista a Katia Cánepa, creadora del concepto Beaty Technology. Correo, 2017.
65. The Conversation. Le numérique à fleur de peau : de nouvelles interfaces de communication. The
Conversation, January 31, 2017. https://theconversation.com/le-numerique-a-fleur-de-peau-denouvelles-
interfaces-de-communication-70770
66. El Comercio, Renzo Giner Vasquez. Ahora podrá prender la luz con sus propias pestañas. January26, 2017 https://elcomercio.pe/tecnologia/gadgets/podra-prender-luz-propias-pestanas-160470
67. Publimetro, Maria Pia Arriola. Katia Canepa. El MIT lo dice. La peruana innovadora del 2016.January 16, 2017. http://publimetro.peruquiosco.pe/m/a/20170116/9
68. Cosas. Premio a la innovación: "Mit Technology Review" reconoce a cinco peruanos. January 11,2017.
69. Kombini, Amanda Adame. Color-Changing Tattoo Ink Indicates When Your Health Is At Risk. May17, 2017 http://www.konbini.com/us/lifestyle/dermalabyss-color-changing-tattoo-ink-monitorshealth/
70. Now This. These Tattoos Have Biosensors in Them. Fa, May 16, 2017. https://www.facebook.com/
NowThisNews/videos/1462467977176655/
71. Engadget, Shinichi Sekine. "Smart Tattoo" announced that changes color with health. Will it solve
the power supply and connectivity problems of health system trackers? February 10, 2017. https://
japanese.engadget.com/2017/10/02/smart-tattoos/
72. New Scientist, Paul Marks. Control smartphones with a stroke of your hair. April 9, 2016. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27312-control-smartphones-with-a-stroke-of-your-hair/
73. La Republica, Milagros Berríos. Los superpoderes de Katia Cánepa. December 24, 2016. https://
larepublica.pe/domingo/1001564-los-superpoderes-de-katia-canepa
74. Clot Magazine. KATIA VEGA, proposing novel ways of interacting with the world. Clot Magazine,
October 20, 2016. http://www.clotmag.com/katia-vega
75. Ifanr, Chen Ha. Degree of science advice innocence? June 29, 2015 http://www.ifanr.com/535457
76. Wearables Technologies, Ayliffe Brown. Technology in disguise! Wearable Technologies for
Cosmetics. June 1, 2015 https://www.wearable-technologies.com/2015/06/technology-indisguise-
wearable-technologies-for-cosmetics/
77. PFSK, Lara Piras . Hair Extensions Let You Text Without Interrupting Your Conversation. June 1,2015. https://www.psfk.com/2015/06/smart-extensions-send-text-messages-hairware.html
78. O Globo. Pesquisadora mostra que mexidas no cabelo podem comandar celular. O Globo, May 8,2015. http://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2015/05/pesquisadora-mostra-que-mexidas-nocabelo-
podem-comandar-celular.html
79. Adrafruit. Internet of Hair #WearableWednesday. Adrafruit, April 14, 2015. https://blog.adafruit.com/2015/04/15/internet-of-hair-wearablewednesday
80. Heise, Denise Bergert. Hairware: Eine Haarverlängerung zur Steuerung des Smartphones. April 14,2015. https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Hairware-Eine-Haarverlaengerung-zur-Steuerungdes-Smartphones-2602017.html
81. Discovery. Touching Your Hair Controls Your Smartphone. Discovery, April 10, 2015.
82. Gizmodo, Carlos Zahumenszky. Con esta tecnología basta tocarse el pelo para usar el móvil en
secreto (2015) https://es.gizmodo.com/con-esta-tecnologia-basta-tocarse-el-pelo-para-usarel-1696768786
83. Digital Trends, Drew Prindle. Like something out of a James Bond flick, these hair extensions canremotely control electronic devices. April 9 , 2015. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/hairware-smart-hair-extensions/
84. Make Magazine. Wearables Special Editions. Make Magazine, January 24, 2015.
85. CNET, Michelle Starr . Clandestinely control your smartphone by stroking your hair. April 12, 2015.https://www.cnet.com/news/clandestinely-control-your-smartphone-by-stroking-your-hair/
86. Fashioning Teck. Hairware - Interactive Hair Extensions Augment Natural Gestures. FashioningTeck, April 12, 2015 .
87. Mind Press. Donne addio tastiera: Con Hairware gli sms si inviano accarezzando i capelli. MindPress, April 11, 2015.
88. Thanhnien, Phi Y#n . Xo#n tóc ## #i#u khi#n smartphone. April 10, 2015. https://thanhnien.vn/congnghe/xoan-toc-de-dieu-khien-smartphone-550597.html
89. TechXplore, Nancy Owano. Hair today, communication trigger tomorrow. April 11, 2015. https://techxplore.com/news/2015-04-hair-today-trigger-tomorrow.html
90. Techli, The Young Entrepreneur Council. 11 Coolest Wearable Tech Pieces of the Past Year.December 19, 2014. https://techli.com/11-coolest-wearable-tech-pieces-of-the-past-year/50849/
91. Atmel. Rewind: 25 wow-worthy wearables from 2014. Atmel, December 11 , 2014. https://atmelcorporation.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/rewind-25-must-know-wearables-from-2014/
92. Daily Collegian, Emma Sandler. The science of beauty shows the future of cosmetics. November 3,2014. https://dailycollegian.com/2014/11/the-science-of-beauty-shows-the-future-of-cosmetics/
93. O Globo, Maíra Amorim. Tecnologias vestíveis: mercado em ascensão no Brasil e no mundo. August 17, 2014. https://oglobo.globo.com/economia/emprego/tecnologias-vestiveis-mercado-emascensao-no-brasil-no-mundo-13619252
94. Intel. Intuitive, Wearable Gesture Control is the Wave of Future Tech. Intel, April 1, 2014.