Hi-Tech Body Implants and the Biohacker Movement (hackaday.com)

szczys writes: Body modification has been growing in popularity. It's pretty common to see people with multiple piercings or stretched earlobes (called gauging). With this wider acceptance has risen a specific subset of Biohacking that seeks to add technology to your body through implants and other augmentation. The commonly available tech right now includes the addition of a magnet in your fingertip, or an RFID chip in your hand to unlock doors and start your car. Cameron Coward looked into this movement — called Grinding — to ask what it's like to live with tech implants, and where the future will take us.

Comments

rhetorical 'why':

[rogoshen1]

Because a keyfob won't fit into hipster skinny jeans.

Re:rhetorical 'why':

[willworkforbeer]

They think they're on the cutting edge of becoming Johnny Mnemonic... but really more likely to just get an infection and become Johnny Mneumonia.

Re:Not so high tech

[PopeRatzo]

And no, splitting a tongue in half so you can move both muscles at the same time is not an 'enhancement'.

My wife disagrees.

Re:Not so high tech

[Anonymous Coward]

We know.