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You can use the exact same argument for carrying a small magnet in your pocket. The satire might be going over my head though.

by vasco 6y ago

pessimizer 6y ago
The argument that magnetism will inevitably shut down its attraction and repulsion services within a few years, rendering your implant useless?
- bntyhntr 6y ago
  The implanted magnets actually do tend to lose their magnetism over a few years, or at least I've read multiple accounts indicating so, eg https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finger-magnet-human-augmentation-loss https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finge...
dtx1 6y ago
No Satire here. The thing about the magnet in the finger is that you can not only feel metals or other magnets but with it beeing implanted near a very sensitive nerves you can feel alternating magnetic fields, for example transformers, electric powerlines etc. Thats something a magnet in my pocket cannot do. That beeing said, my magnet got rejected pretty fast and i chose not to reimplant it after that since i also had problems typing with it. My argument for a magnet, even though it might lose magnetic power over time, compared to an RFID Chip is that the magnet implanted gives you a new sense that you cannot get without implanting it. Compared to a rfid for paying which can be replaced by a phone/watch/card without losing functionality and magnets aren't going to become obsolete by the whimps of a bank or cc provider.
- vimax 6y ago
  I prototyped a glove with hall effect sensors and vibration motors to allow sensing magnetic flux without needing to implant a magnet in your finger.
- whatshisface 6y ago
  >with it beeing implanted near a very sensitive nerves you can feel alternating magnetic fields, for example transformers, electric powerlines etc. That sounds like the worst experience ever, it would be like giving yourself touch tinnitus.
  - dtx1 6y ago
    Oh no it's super harmless. You can only feel it close to a source like when you feel your hand along a wall with an embedded wire running main AC. The only time I was genuinely surprised by it was when i walk past a motor in a train that was starting up but even then it wasn't annoying.

You can use the exact same argument for carrying a small magnet in your pocket. The satire might be going over my head though.

by vasco 6y ago

You can use the exact same argument for carrying a small magnet in your pocket. The satire might be going over my head though.

pessimizer 6y ago

The argument that magnetism will inevitably shut down its attraction and repulsion services within a few years, rendering your implant useless?

bntyhntr 6y ago
The implanted magnets actually do tend to lose their magnetism over a few years, or at least I've read multiple accounts indicating so, eg https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finger-magnet-human-augmentation-loss https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finge...

dtx1 6y ago

No Satire here. The thing about the magnet in the finger is that you can not only feel metals or other magnets but with it beeing implanted near a very sensitive nerves you can feel alternating magnetic fields, for example transformers, electric powerlines etc. Thats something a magnet in my pocket cannot do. That beeing said, my magnet got rejected pretty fast and i chose not to reimplant it after that since i also had problems typing with it. My argument for a magnet, even though it might lose magnetic power over time, compared to an RFID Chip is that the magnet implanted gives you a new sense that you cannot get without implanting it. Compared to a rfid for paying which can be replaced by a phone/watch/card without losing functionality and magnets aren't going to become obsolete by the whimps of a bank or cc provider.

vimax 6y ago
I prototyped a glove with hall effect sensors and vibration motors to allow sensing magnetic flux without needing to implant a magnet in your finger.
whatshisface 6y ago
>with it beeing implanted near a very sensitive nerves you can feel alternating magnetic fields, for example transformers, electric powerlines etc. That sounds like the worst experience ever, it would be like giving yourself touch tinnitus.
- dtx1 6y ago
  Oh no it's super harmless. You can only feel it close to a source like when you feel your hand along a wall with an embedded wire running main AC. The only time I was genuinely surprised by it was when i walk past a motor in a train that was starting up but even then it wasn't annoying.