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IamA 29 year old male who got a magnet implanted under my fingertip and an NFC (RFID) tag implanted into my hand yesterday AMA! (self.IAmA)

submitted by DeltaForcePanda

I was into computer hacking and biology and recently got into bio-hacking and transhumanism.

As I said I just got an NFC implant and magnetic implant and will soon try to get a thermo-chip in my chest which will allow me to wirelessly monitor my temperature. I would also like a blood sugar monitor chip but that is not available to me yet.

I've had it for little more than 24 hours.

PICS: http://imgur.com/a/nhJCE PROOF:http://i.imgur.com/lq6Hw1c.jpg

EDIT: for those of you who are interested in what NFC can do but think that getting an implant is a little extreme, you can buy the NFC Ring.

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[–]EtaKuramNaSmekh 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Why?

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

Well in a broad sense I like futuristic things and gadgets, and I like pushing the limits of tech.

With the NFC implant, as of now, I am using it to unlock my phone without having to enter a pin or touch the screen. I also have a welcome message stored on it when someone scans it with their NFC enabled device (phone mostly) a link to my website and my contact card with name, email, company name, work number etc I also have a quick SMS link that will send a "Hello!" text to my cell so I can grab that persons number easily.

What I plan on using it for mainly is installing an NFC door lock to lock and unlock my apartment doors without a key. I will also hook it up to my car to be able to unlock/lock and start my car with my hand. Imagine never fumbling for your keys or losing them again! I can also store my credit card info on it and just like cards that have wireless capabilities I can swipe my hand at a POS instead.

For the magnet...I can sense if a wire is live or not. But mainly, it gives me a sixth sense. I can feel magnetic fields. It's not sensitive now because I got it done yesterday but when I was microwaving a piece of pizza I felt waves being generated around some parts of the microwave. It wasn't pulling at the magnet like I thought it would, it was vibrating it, but it wasn't like it was moving, it was a tingly feeling almost a very fine vibration, dunno how else to describe it.

There is a device in development by two guys called bottlenose which is a device that can sense multiple things we cannot like UV, thermal data, wifi, and sonar. It then takes those signals and creates a magnetic field of varying intensity to get your implant to "vibrate". So with the device on your hand you can "see" in complete darkness with sonar, or set it so that you can feel wifi strength in real time with your hand.

[–]mtocrat 1 point2 points  (2 children)

so like a fingerprint.

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Like a fingerprint because both are on your hand, yes.

[–]mtocrat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And because you use both for identifying yourself

[–]TomGraphy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is the magnet going to make airport security harder for you?

[–]tbss153 2 points3 points  (1 child)

did it hurt?

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

both hurt. But the NFC implant was totally doable without anesthetic. the magnetic implant.....totally different story there. I highly recommend an anesthetic. I'm all for not using that stuff and just toughing it out but that is really painful. I had a friend put out a lit cigarette really slowly on my hand, didn't make a noise, flinch or move. This was much worse, they stick that needle in the top of your finger and down then they take it out and stuff the magnet in. It had me moving in my seat.

[–]TheDivineSnark 2 points3 points  (1 child)

How do you think tech and our bodies will develop in the next 20 years? Will there be "wet wiring"?

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Eventually I believe so. I think we at the beginning of something. Transhumanism is nothing new. Your grandfather with a pace maker? Transhuman. Veteran with a robotic arm controlled by his thoughts? Transhuman - Cyborg. The epileptic who has electrodes in his brain to stop him from having seizures. The soccer player with the heart defect that has a built in defibrillator. The child with the cochlear implant. All transhumans. Humans v1.1.

Today though, is different. Today people are getting implants and melding body and machine/computer because they want to, not because it will fix them but because it will enhance them. Medically we use these machines and computers in our bodies after damage has been done. But in the future I can see these being used to monitor our bodies and to prevent damage instead of fixing issues already there, that's where I see it going. That and to obviously enhance our bodies or senses.

[–]wonderwoman_94 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I'm guessing the magnet wouldn't cause you any troubles, except for the live-wire part described in another comment, but is there a battery life or potential break-down time span on the NFC tag?

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The NFC tag has no battery, it requires so little power the waves of the devices communicating with it is enough to power it. Life is 5-6 years. Then I guess I'll take it out and put an updated one in.

[–]Carlyndra 1 point2 points  (1 child)

What does NFC and RFID mean?

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NFC stands for near field communication. RFID is radio frequency identification. Both are radio waves, NFC is a more specific band of RFID.

[–]Aleksaki 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Is it hard for the body to accept the NFC tag?

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not at all.

[–]notregmom 1 point2 points  (3 children)

How will that affect medical testing in the future? I am thinking MRI's?

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

If you are speaking about the magnet...I figure, if I am conscious, I will tell them about the metal in my hand. If I am unconscious, I most likely have much more series problems to deal with besides what could happen to the magnet in my fingertip, also in this situation, I will have most likely already been x-rayed, and the metal found and removed or made MRI safe.

[–]invisible39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You shouldn't really make that assumption.

[–]notregmom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that sounds like a pretty scary assumption to trust medical professionals to notice in the heat of the moment. You may want to consider a medical alert bracelet or tag, I can't imagine having metal violently ripped from your body would be something you want to risk. Unless your into that kind of thing (I don't want to assume, the more I hang around this place they more I am less shocked lol).

The geek in me, loves the idea, I think the possibilities are endless for this type of technology. Smart phones, smart houses the security of having things recognize you based on your actual biophysical make up is very cool. The little kid in me would just be thrilled if I could stop my husband from posting that I fact a lot as me on my Facebook. Yeah I can password or fingerprint my phone but then it is a pain to use for me, so I always take it off.

[–]gregwarrior1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

what do you use the magnet for? Is it a big magnet? If you are using it to make things stick to your hand wouldn't heavier objects hurt your flesh because it's trying to pop out of your skin?

[–]DeltaForcePanda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not very big probably 6/10's of a centimeter long and 3-4 millimeters thick. shaped like a cylinder. The heavier the object is has no affect on how much it pulls. The only thing that would is if I was playing with another magnet that was very strong, then it would just pinch my skin. Your skin is much stronger than you think, it would take a lot to rip out.

For the other answer to your question see this comment half way down http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2kqhop/iama_29_year_old_male_who_got_a_magnet_implanted/clnuutu

(can't type easily finger hurts)

[–]Alien_Lover -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is this implant suitable for the purposes of having sex with an alien?