Subdermal Magnets Allow You To Wear an IPod Like a Watch 228
Okian Warrior writes "Tattoo artist Jersey from Dynasty Tattoo (in New Jersey) implanted sub-dermal magnets in his arm to wear his iPod touch like a watch. From the article: '“Those magnets are actually called micro-dermal anchors, and in body piercing they are very common. The tops are actually just 5 millimetre magnetic tops,” he said. “I took the ends of magnets and actually adhered them to the back of the iPod, and that’s how they click into my skin.”
He added: “I can go for a run and it won’t come off. I’ve already taken it to the gym and jogged with it on.”'"
Re:Magnets in your body? That's nice. (Score:5, Informative)
Have fun getting an MRI.
Re:Magnets?! How to they %#^&^@# work? (Score:5, Informative)
and i would bet that at 90ish angles to a strong electrical field there is almost always a strong Magnetic field.
Re:Magnets?! How to they %#^&^@# work? (Score:3, Informative)
The problem isn't the magnet.
The problem is that the skin compressed between two magnets will eventually die and rot away from the compression and he will have a hole in his arm.
Re:Medical issues (Score:3, Informative)
Of course, if I ever need an MRI, I'll need them taken out.
Not necessarily:
From: http://www.stevehaworth.com/wordpress/index.php/welcome-from-steve-haworth/magnetic-faq [stevehaworth.com]
'However, we now know of a few people who have the magnets have gone through MRIs and this did not happen. One person reported that the magnet just vibrated very strongly. Another person reported that the techs shielded his hand, as they would with someone who had shrapnel or other implants.'
You know... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Magnets?! How to they %#^&^@# work? (Score:5, Informative)
It didn't take too long for that to happen to the 'magnet in fingertip for 6th sense' guy, and I wouldn't be terribly optimistic here.
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Re:Magnets?! How to they %#^&^@# work? (Score:5, Informative)
the real problem having to get new implants to support next years model.
Re:Medical issues (Score:4, Informative)
Wrong. The iron in hemoglobin is not magnetic.
Re:Magnets?! How to they %#^&^@# work? (Score:3, Informative)
Actually, the magnets are not *under* his skin. They stick out through holes in his skin.
What a bad bad idea.
Re:Magnets in your body? That's nice. (Score:4, Informative)
As another guy with fingertip magnets (one in each ring finger) I second this!
Magnetic fields cause the tiny magnets to align to the field. You can feel the magnet inside the finger being attracted or repelled. In the case of alternating current, you have an oscillating electromagnetic field which causes the magnet to vibrate. There's no current being induced; you don't get shocked. If you want to try it without the implant, superglue a tiny rare earth magnet to your skin and go hunt some strong oscillating EM fields (AC adapters, some electric motors.) It's definitely a cool human augmentation, and kind of a comic book superpower. Sort of.
In the case of the article, he's got subdermal anchors with magnets attached to the part that sticks out of the skin. I've been wondering if one could get the same magnetic sensory ability from this arrangement, feeling the vibrating magnet. You could switch it for different magnets, and the shaft sticking out of the skin would give the magnet more leverage in most alignments.
Re:Apple announces (Score:4, Informative)
"Surgery"? Body modders are not surgeons. They may (or may not) follow best practices around hygiene, sterilization, air filtration, infection control, etc. Their pain management is limited to over the counter medications and topical treatments such as ice. What they have in common with surgeons is they both take knives to skin.
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