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If you want to see magnetic fields, there is already a low tech method here. You coat small rare earth magnets with silicone or titanium and implant them into your fingertips. The vibrations cause by the movement of the field allow you to "see" it.

wrote about doing that in a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/news/2006/06/71087">a 2006 Wired article. She talked about some of the previous researchers' work (who have written up stuff in bmezine), and had them implant magnets in her fingers as well.

Linky Be careful, some of the site is definitely NSFW.

There is a relatively new piercing technique which might be better than these electrodes since it's a bit more permanent; transdermal (or microdermal) implants. Basically, the technique is the same as pocketing, but some implants feature either "hooks" or have a small mesh in the base which causes the body to heal through it, creating a more permanent bond. This would likely be better for someone with disabilities who needs these since the transdermal implants are extremely unlikely to fall off, which would make a disabled person's connecting the equipment a bit easier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdermal_implant

http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Transdermal_implant

http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Microdermal

http://www.holeyskin.com/microdermal.htm

http://www.alternativelook.net/microdermal-implants/

I briefly considered getting microdermals at my temples, but being a business owner, etc. those are just a little too permanent, and I probably have too many piercings already anyhow. heh.

There is a relatively new piercing technique which might be better than these electrodes since it's a bit more permanent; transdermal (or microdermal) implants. Basically, the technique is the same as pocketing, but some implants feature either "hooks" or have a small mesh in the base which causes the body to heal through it, creating a more permanent bond. This would likely be better for someone with disabilities who needs these since the transdermal implants are extremely unlikely to fall off, which would make a disabled person's connecting the equipment a bit easier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdermal_implant

http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Transdermal_implant

http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Microdermal

http://www.holeyskin.com/microdermal.htm

http://www.alternativelook.net/microdermal-implants/

I briefly considered getting microdermals at my temples, but being a business owner, etc. those are just a little too permanent, and I probably have too many piercings already anyhow. heh.

bugmenot isnt the only site they refuse, they also have censored BME Zine .com

im so glad facebook looks out for us.. i wonder if lemonparty is banned?

Submitter shouldn't be a pussy and just do what this dedicated couple did!

Their love is now marked for ever and no more "sizing" issues either!

Some quick research suggests wire hangers are 12 gauge and made out of solid steel; what the audio cable industry would call "solid core". Monster is a bit evasive about what's in their Monster Ultra Series THX 1000 speaker cables, saying only "4 large gauge copper conductors"; based on other Monster cable products I'd expect they're 12 or 14 gauge stranded wire.

I do a fair amount of single-blind speaker cable tests myself, certainly more than this one anecdotal experiment. Differences here are subtle but I've done way too many comparisons with consistent results to think they don't exist. The best results in any listening comparison are always when comparing with music the listener is intimately familiar with, so their test starts out badly in that regard. Generally I prefer the sound of fat solid wire to anything else. People like stranded wire because it's easy to work with, but it doesn't sound as good as a solid wire of the same gauge. Accordingly, I'm unsurprised that they found the solid steel coat hanger wire to be similar to the Monster cable.

The thing most people miss about that article is that there were two listeners who were cable of hearing the difference between the Monster product and the Belden cable they started with, suggesting there is an audible difference to cables--just not a major difference between the Monster and the hanger. I suspect that further, better tests would show a ranking like this:

Belden 14AWG Stranded Copper < Monster 1000 ~= 12AWG Solid Steel < 12AWG Solid Copper

I've had audiophile speaker cables here up to the $1000 price range (but not the expensive Monsters, their stuff is awful per dollar). Nowadays I'm usually happy with some hand twisted pair designs I wired up with 12AWG solid copper purchased from Home Depot. It's certainly superior to the 14AWG stranded cables I made out of an extension cord also purchased there. The extension cord "design" does sound better than most cheap speaker cables, including the budget Monster line; it is good quality copper and almost thick enough.

The scary thing is that there are people out there who drill holes in their head for fun. There are claims that it improves your thinking or wellness or something, but I can't help but to think that the people who actually do this aren't the kind of people I want to ask about improving my thinking.

Damn, I wish I hadn't just used the last of my mod points a little while ago, I'd happily help remove that little troll thing for you...

At the same time, I'd love to see +5 troll rating for once, and I'm glad I can post instead of moderate. Mods, get to work!

As someone with an Apadravya piercing (second link certainly not safe for work), a thin, strong as steel condom actually would be a great thing for me. Right now, I'm stuck using normal condoms and having a much higher risk of them breaking, or using hard to find and very expensive ones that are very loose for the first few inches. The special ones for people with genital piercings are generally thicker, more expensive, and the loose tip doesn't give you nearly as many good sensations.

Anything that helps out with that is fine by me!

...to wear a swastika, and try to explain you're just waving an old Christian symbol about.

http://modblog.bmezine.com/

Quite a few people there have implants (horns, weird shapes in the forearm, etc.) and there hasn't been any warning there of increased cancer risk. The body-mod crowd is generally about doing crazy and interesting stuff that's ultimately safe.

Of course, these things are inert in EM fields, unlike RFID chips. I know they don't transmit, but absorbing energy from a field has to generate a small amount of heat that's channelled or dissipated into the surrounding tissue, right?

http://modblog.bmezine.com/2007/07/26/best-windows -tattoo-ever/

Gender equality is very noble, but I think omitting the "her" would be OK in this particular case.

Ermm not quite. Subincision only gets you about halfway there. What you're looking for is a complete genital bisection or to a lesser extent a head splitting. A subincision only splits the bottom half of the glans and the (much rarer) superincision slices the top. I have studied this only because I intend to get a (relatively) much more modest apadravya in the near future.

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Ermm not quite. Subincision only gets you about halfway there. What you're looking for is a complete genital bisection or to a lesser extent a head splitting. A subincision only splits the bottom half of the glans and the (much rarer) superincision slices the top. I have studied this only because I intend to get a (relatively) much more modest apadravya in the near future.

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Ermm not quite. Subincision only gets you about halfway there. What you're looking for is a complete genital bisection or to a lesser extent a head splitting. A subincision only splits the bottom half of the glans and the (much rarer) superincision slices the top. I have studied this only because I intend to get a (relatively) much more modest apadravya in the near future.

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Ermm not quite. Subincision only gets you about halfway there. What you're looking for is a complete genital bisection or to a lesser extent a head splitting. A subincision only splits the bottom half of the glans and the (much rarer) superincision slices the top. I have studied this only because I intend to get a (relatively) much more modest apadravya in the near future.

DISCLAIMER: THE PREVIOUS LINKS MAY BE INCREDIBLY DISTURBING AND ALMOST CERTAINLY VERY NSFW. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
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Ermm not quite. Subincision only gets you about halfway there. What you're looking for is a complete genital bisection or to a lesser extent a head splitting. A subincision only splits the bottom half of the glans and the (much rarer) superincision slices the top. I have studied this only because I intend to get a (relatively) much more modest apadravya in the near future.

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There is getting to be way too many cases in the US of police, the media and private corporations going after people, putting them in jail and ruining their reputations, lives and bank accounts with prosecutions of crimes that never really incurred but the "intent" could be sold to a court of law. Then there are also cases like Delorean's and who knows how many others who were out and out framed and/or forced into their crimes so they could be convicted of them.

http://www.bmezine.com/news/presenttense/20050330. html

There are before and after pictures as well as a video of the procedure.

Maybe I'm just cantankerous today, but the idea of having a GUI do more happy bouncy shit to pander to the least educated user really bugs me. Perhaps it's just me, but I hate little "helpful" pop-up tips and goofy animations asking if they can assist me in writing a letter. No user interface, other than the nipple if you're a mammal, is intuative and no amount of pop-uppery will fix that. Simplification and consistancy is probably the best way to make sure that all the rules of the interface can fit inside people's head, which is maybe what they're groping toward by copying OSX. (Which is by no means the Best Interface Ever, as some people content. Me? I like the command line.)

Blegh. Why has this pissed me off so much? I've not used a Microsoft product in years, and I'm far more likely to do this[*] before touching Vista. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but does this piss anyone else off?

[*] DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK (unless you're familiar with modblog, aren't squemish and aren't at work).

Before anyone thinks about getting such an implant, read this first, it's about a guy whose implant broke apart in his thumb...

The guy on the following website http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20040226.html says get got the power of magnetic vision using magnetic implants. Now I don't know if this really works but I found it interesting.

-- I forgot what my tag line was supposed to be... but I forgot... but it was good... real good.... laughing just thinking about it.

I think you might enjoy this.

...Implanted where they can tickle yor tactile nerves and used to sense magnetic fields.

http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20060115.html

And last but not least - your quip about a sterile environment shows just how clueless you are. Any good quality piercer will have sterility routines that put your average family practice doctor to shame.

Seems kinda strange then that the guy pictured doing the surgery is not wearing a mask.

Am I the only one who finds it a bit absurd that nobody is talking about how they've tried wearing a magnet around their finger for a few months? Or maybe tried to make a superthin mesh sleeve made out of something magnetic to wear around their finger?

I also think it's no coincidence that we don't see any reports of anyone using these implants for any particularly clever purpose. Anyone that did would probably have the sense to use a better designed implant or at least considered that multiple implanted magnets in one finger would eventually migrate towards one another. I supposed it's fitting that the most level headed write up is penned by someone whose signature line includes a photoshopped photo of himself with his eyes glowing blue.

Sure, this could be an awesome idea and I would even consider getting an implant like this one day. But right now it's nothing more than a bunch of hipster posers who can't find any better application than using it as an aid when wiring their house. (which you can just test with your hands if you're running normal lines, or oh I don't know, shut off the circuit breaker. Or maybe use a 3 ounce tool to detect live wires). When one of these pale posers uses their implant to navigate their way out of a desert without looking at stars or something interesting, let me know.

Considering how most people are squicked when they see my modifications, tho', I guess this is more a reflection upon me than upon any procedure. :/

Stroller.

The magnets deteriorating and/or the coating breaking is a serious issue, see this article for an example.

Ohh yea, this is a completely cool idea, atleast till you need to get an MRI, or until the coating breaks down like (NSFW) this guy.

It's not.

Anyone thinking of having this done should check this out first. Ouch...

Until something happens to the magnet, as documented here. (don't click if you don't want to see a finger being sliced open to remove the magnet)

For those who leaped before looking, this must be great news. Take for example

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/12/003 1213 or this guy
http://www.bmezine.com/news/presenttense/20050330. html

Oh well.

Fortunately we can implant small magnets under our skin to regain something similar! See bmezine for details: http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20040226.html

I just had to go search for more info on RFID implants because sooner or later bills will be proposed by somebody that they be introduced, initially on a voluntary basis....

Back in July silicon.com reported the following: "Tommy Thompson, the Health and Human Services Secretary in President Bush's first term and a former Governor of Wisconsin, is going to get tagged. Thompson has joined the board of Applied Digital, which owns VeriChip, the company that specialises in subcutaneous RFID tags for humans and pets. To help promote the concepts behind the technology, Thompson himself will get an RFID tag implanted under his skin." http://networks.silicon.com/lans/0,39024663,391505 25,00.htm/

December 2003 - Subdermal RFID chip provokes furore http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/12/04/subdermal_ rfid_chip_provokes_furore/

October 2004 - FDA approves computer chip for humans - nice pic of an implant next to George Washington... http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6237364/

This article was followed up in November 2004 http://slate.msn.com/id/2109477/
Verisign thoughtfully provide a method to save you getting your child swapped in the hospital. "The number of total switching incidents is as high as 20,000 per year in the U.S." But don't worry. In this case the tag is not implanted... http://www.verichipcorp.com/

...unlike the VeriKid service provided by the Mexican distributors of verisign technology: http://www.solusat.com.mx/index1.html http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60771, 00.html

Although RFID implants have their detractors...

http://www.spychips.com/
http://www.notags.co.uk/page26.html
http://www.rfidconcerns.com/
http://www.shire.net/big.brother/digitalangel.htm
http://whiterose.samizdata.net/archives/cat_identi ty_cards.html
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/impl anting_chip.html

...they seem to be popular with body piercing fans: Amal Graafstra Gets an RFID Implant http://www.bmezine.com/news/presenttense/20050330. html
And the odd geek or two: http://www.x11.net/wiki/index.php/My_RFID_Implant He has mp4 video footage of the implanting procedure. It doesn't sound like he will want to remove this implant anytime soon - OUCH!

The Mexican Government - "Mexico's Attorney General required the Mark of the Beast in a 160 people. Thousands more are now planned..." http://www.tldm.org/News4/MarkoftheBeast.htm

And the European Parliament! "Brussels: 'Implants to track people are OK'". http://management.silicon.com/government/0,3902467 7,39128836,00.htm/

"Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely" Lord Acton (1834-1902)

A typical Pinhead.

He observes that courts are more likely to apply inevitable disclosure, or enforce a non-compete agreement, if the former employee takes a position that's is similar to his or her previous job, particularly if the position pays considerably more than the old one even though the responsibilities are not very different.

"If an employee leaves company A where she was northeast regional sales manager and goes to company B as a regional sales manager in the southwest, a court might say she's not subject to a non-compete covenant or the inevitable disclosure doctrine," says Wells. "She might also be safe if she works for a company that's in a different kind of business. But if she's in a similar line of work the court may be suspicious."

He said concerns over that kind of outcome probably fueled a recent decision by Redmond, Washington-based Crossgain Corp. to ax about 25 percent of its employees, including the start-up's two founders and chief executive officer, in response to pressure from Microsoft. Crossgain develops Internet-based standards and tools for software developers and, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, the terminated individuals were all ex-Microsoft employees who had previously signed non-compete agreements with the Redmond-based giant.

Frankly, I'm a little amazed that no one has called you on your utter bullshit yet.

Because 15-20% of piercings involve unforeseen complications (excessive bleeding, permanent deformation, infection and dental/gum/sense-of-taste damage with respect to tongue piercing),

Please provide a credible source for that percentage. I've seen you cite it twice but neither time have you offered a source for it. Further, I challenge you to find one case of "sense-of-taste damage" due to a tongue piercing.

not least due to the lack of proper medical training by the people who carry out this sort of cosmetic surgery.

I assume this applies to women with pierced ears as well? If you say it doesn't, please consider that most mainstream ear piercings are done by forcing a blunt object through the ear with a plastic (read: can't be sterilized) device similar to a hole punch that is then reused on everyone else that wanders into the store. Compare this to piercing the ear, or anything else, with a sterile, single-use needle by someone who's had far more training than the average jewelry store employee.

Please educate yourself before spouting off like this in the future. A couple good places to start are the rec.arts.bodyart FAQ and BME (NSFW).

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A50122/high/bmegl010 954.jpg

Oh come on. How can you tell me this guy doesn't have any nerd cred? Every Slashdotter wants this tattoo.

Alright, I'll bite.

Keep in mind that this is coming from a very experienced 17 year-old developer that's just now starting to work in an office, who is also fairly heavily pierced.

First, I believe that being professional has more to do with your actions and your association with your co-workers and the higher-ups. That said, there's a time and a place for everything. I agree that in certain situations, modifications simply aren't appropriate. If you deal with customers who are, for the most part, against modifications, then yes you should take them out. I also believe that you have absolutely no right to a job, and that if you don't agree with the dress code, you shouldn't be there.

Second, you seem to have a very limited view on why people are modified. As I said, I'm fairly heavily pierced, and I also have a number of pieces of scarificiation. Most of the piercings are done due to liking the feeling or the look. Most of the scars are done to indicate something in my life (the death of a family member, getting a new job, etc). I can't say I completely understand the reasons why many people get modified, but I try and keep an open mind to them.

Third, why is it sad? You seem to think that anything that is considered to be a deviation from the norm is a bad thing. Sure, many people do it for the purposes of "rebelling" and in doing so conform to yet another group, but many of us simply do it for ourselves. We enjoy being modified, and we enjoy getting modified.

I liken the body modification community to that of the opensource community. There are many people working on all sorts of different things, for a variety of reasons. Any attempt to group everyone together will fail. The same can be said of the body modification community.

Please, at least attempt to see the point of vew of others before you make sweeping generalizations, if you must make them at all. If you'd like to educate yourself more on the issues at hand, http://www.bmezine.com/ is a great resource.

Here is some good info. This covers both tattoos and piercings.

Thanks... I found the interview!

It turns out that he has total bowel control.

I don't actually have any modifications myself, aside from this RFID tag now. But, I am planning on getting at least two tattoos sometime soon; once my left hand is healed up, I plan on getting the kanji for patience in the webbing between thumb and index finger basically overtop the RFID tag. In the same place on my right hand, I plan on getting the kanji for now, but I may wait a while; I'm still deciding if I want to put another RFID chip into my right hand. Aside from that, I like to look at female nipple piercing.

I like to look at female nipple piercing

If you're not smart enough to know that smoking is dangerous to your health by the tell tale signs of your own health, you deserve to as sick as your own actions make you.

Gee, cutting a hole in your head seems to be a good social activity. We should get more people to do it. (story)

If you lack the common sense to stay away from fire, you deserve to get burnt.

Perhaps you should look into using Pierce-Nez instead. You'll never drop your glasses again. Or, if you do, you'll have bigger issues than which pins got soldered incorrectly.