January 2015
Intermediate to advanced
116 pages
6h 1m
English
Subdermal devices are the cutting edge in wearables

Lars Norgaard
SURE, WEARABLES ARE GREAT, BUT THEY’RE STILL EXTERNAL DEVICES — accessories we have to don, that we can lose, break, or have stolen. They do cool things, but don’t inherently change anything about who we are. But there’s a small community thinking beyond wearables. These self-described biohackers create DIY implantable systems to augment human capabilities and transcend the limits of biology.
Common entry-level biohacks include neodymium magnets embedded in fingertips to sense magnetic fields and pick up small objects and RFID or NFC chips in hands ...
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