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Apparently, a Medtronic MagPro Compact's street price is around $1000* . I might try to find me one. * https://www.medwow.com/item.php?search_results=&sale_id=

Apparently, a Medtronic MagPro Compact's street price is around $1000* . I might try to find me one. * https://www.medwow.com/item.php?search_results=&sale_id=525012022&xlang= https://www.medwow.com/item.php?search_results=&sale_id=...

nazgulnarsil 18y ago
Who wants to start a business? A legal "high" for $25. I know I would pay $25 to try this thing out and I bet hundreds of people in any given town would too. Only takes 40 people to recoup the cost of the machine.
- ryanwaggoner 18y ago
  Hire a damn good attorney.
  - deleted 18y ago
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  - electromagnetic 18y ago
    Agreed, it suppresses electrical activity in the brain, a sufficiently powerful pulse from a device like this can potentially stop all electrical activity in the brain, including the areas that control the lungs and heart. In theory any sufficiently powerful EM field could kill a person. However it's fortunate that magnetic fields diminish significantly with distance, so the primitive parts of our brain that control bodily functions are relatively protected so I wouldn't be surprised if they start researching ways to use this as a stun weapon.
  - katz 18y ago
    Or just take an ordinary attorney and TMS him...
    - eru 18y ago
      But you'll have to do that recursively..
abstractbill 18y ago
If you do, please let us know what it's like.
pivo 18y ago
My wife works for Medtronic, I'll see if she can bring one home for the weekend :)
pygy 18y ago
I wouldn't try that if I were you. These beasts can produce fields up to two tesla BTW Handled unproperly they can trigger epileptic seizure. Furthermore, the effect depends on the brain area you target and the frequency of the stimulus. If you can't aim precisely, you won't get the expected results. For precise aiming, you need to coregister your stimulator with an MRI of your brain.
- noonespecial 18y ago
  Most MRI's are 3 teslas. Some are up to 7. The chance of seizure or permanent brain damage from this little machine is greatest from nearby paper clips.
  - Daniel_Newby 18y ago
    The main magnet in MRI scanners produces a steady field. TMS machines use a rapidly changing magnetic field that induces significant electric currents in the brain, so they can potentially cause problems.

nazgulnarsil 18y ago

Who wants to start a business? A legal "high" for $25. I know I would pay $25 to try this thing out and I bet hundreds of people in any given town would too. Only takes 40 people to recoup the cost of the machine.

ryanwaggoner 18y ago
Hire a damn good attorney.
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- electromagnetic 18y ago
  Agreed, it suppresses electrical activity in the brain, a sufficiently powerful pulse from a device like this can potentially stop all electrical activity in the brain, including the areas that control the lungs and heart. In theory any sufficiently powerful EM field could kill a person. However it's fortunate that magnetic fields diminish significantly with distance, so the primitive parts of our brain that control bodily functions are relatively protected so I wouldn't be surprised if they start researching ways to use this as a stun weapon.
- katz 18y ago
  Or just take an ordinary attorney and TMS him...
  - eru 18y ago
    But you'll have to do that recursively..

abstractbill 18y ago

If you do, please let us know what it's like.

pivo 18y ago

My wife works for Medtronic, I'll see if she can bring one home for the weekend :)

pygy 18y ago

I wouldn't try that if I were you. These beasts can produce fields up to two tesla BTW Handled unproperly they can trigger epileptic seizure. Furthermore, the effect depends on the brain area you target and the frequency of the stimulus. If you can't aim precisely, you won't get the expected results. For precise aiming, you need to coregister your stimulator with an MRI of your brain.

noonespecial 18y ago
Most MRI's are 3 teslas. Some are up to 7. The chance of seizure or permanent brain damage from this little machine is greatest from nearby paper clips.
- Daniel_Newby 18y ago
  The main magnet in MRI scanners produces a steady field. TMS machines use a rapidly changing magnetic field that induces significant electric currents in the brain, so they can potentially cause problems.