So, you settle into the chair and brace yourself as the artist prepares to add some permanent ink to your forearm. Wouldn't you want him to be using THIS?

RKS Design teamed up with Neuma, an innovator in tattooing tools, to create the Neuma Hybrid, which has a lot of cool features (you know, if you're a tattoo artist).

The compact, lightweight, pneumatic machine is light-years better than the old coil machines, and its softer "hit" on the skin reportedly makes getting that butterfly on your back less painful. Even better, the components can be autoclaved for sterility, and the whole machine can be easily taken on the road for artists who travel to ply their trade. On top of all that, it's just a nice-looking piece of industrial design.