Why don't we have a 'Gatling-style' automated electrolysis kit yet?
I'm tired of the current "artisanal labor" racket where permanent follicle destruction takes 2 years and several grands for male face area because it's done one-by-one with a magnifying glass, like it's 1950's. In 2026, with 4K computer vision and high-speed actuators, the "it's too tricky" excuse sounds like pure bullshit.
I'm looking at a design for a handheld "Stamp" unit, essentially an internal XY-Z gantry with an 8x8 grid of 64 independent needle-packages. The core is an "Atomic Operation" (Hold-Zap-Suck):
- Hold: Micro-tweezers grip the shaft to provide constant tension feedback.
- Zap: A RISC-V controller handles a high-speed RF burst, using real-time impedance sensing to kill the follicle.
- Suck: A vacuum manifold instantly extracts the "fried" follicle once the tension sensor hits the release point.
The hardware would tether via USB-C to a PC/Phone. You put the unit on a region, select the area within that canvas in a GUI app, and let the 64 needles move independently on a meaningful schedule to prevent mechanical clashing and skin trauma, automatically adjusting their depth and voltage based on real-time impedance sensing. No robotic arm needed, just a handheld box with a high-speed internal plotter and enough compute to handle the 3D vector mapping of each pore.
Is there anyone actually building something like this, or are we still just paying for manual labor because the industry is allergic to automation?