Neodymium implant procedure
I am currently working on a project that can be found here- https://selfmodifier.org/projects/whatisthisevenfor
unfortunately, I didn't understand one of the field's titles, and so the url is a little funky xP. but ignoring that, I wanted to start a discussion on neodymium implants for two reasons:
1) implanting procedure, and
2) safety after installation.
I know several people here have neodymium implants- is there anything that you would suggest doing different? How did your procedure go? Any complaints since the "installation"?
For people who use their hands a lot, is there anything you'd recommend? My house is heated with a wood stove so there is a lot of wood transportation and the occasional squished finger.
I'm already bioproofing with sugru, but that hasn't been picked up yet- is there something else safer, more effective, or otherwise superior for bioproofing?
Yes, this is a relatively old project. But there are people starting up and this kind of guide would have been awesome to find when I wanted to start
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Stacking them in series might also be an interesting experiment.
Steve Haworth put my implant in. He told me that he has heard of people putting them pretty much everywhere on their body, but the only places that work are the fingertips and the genitals (sadly).
My magnet is small- I couldn't tell you the size or strength in numbers. I know that I wouldn't like it if the magnet was any stronger than it is.
Actually, there is one more region where there should be enough nerves: the lips.
But I guess the fingers are the best place to put them.
have to bioproof them, but they are pretty cheap...
any objections/concerns?
I placed the order on Thursday via their order form, they emailed me the same day. They sent the info to my credit card company today (Wednesday).
So they're a bit slower than most online merchants that I'm used to dealing with, but they seem to have gotten it done.
Alternately, I could have procured the following cheaper magnets (USA):
http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Neodymium-Rare-Earth-Magnets/dp/B003NUN4B6/ref=pd_sim_misc_3
or from magnetsandmagnets.com
Since the latter site is significantly cheaper for my experiments, the V&P parylene-coated magnets may end up on eBay.
I have no idea how this is possible (is he a human capacitor?), but the guy should get into MMA fighting or something.
It seems like running a current through the magnet would amplify the detection range. He might have to get rid of the silicone though and plate it with a bio-safe metal.
I ordered some 1mm x 3mm nickel-coated neodymium disks from Amazon (Magnets and Magnets) and some 4 gauge piercing needles (PiercingPros). From your image, 6 or 8 gauge would have probably been a better choice. I'll see when they show up.
Does the gold coating serve any purpose if you plan on coating them with another material? I went with a plain nickel coating because the only gold-coated magnets I could find were 1.5mm thick, and would need to be bioproofed still anyways.
I don't think there should be any induced electrical potential, no
matter what you coat it with (except perhaps a piezoelectric
substance). And since you're coating the magnet with a bioproof substance that is probably non-conductive, you're electrically isolating it anyway.
Gold is (I thought) biologically neutral -- it is likely to be safer in the body than nickel. If the bioproofing is breached or torn somehow, it's probably safer to have gold than nickel.
my 2cents,
-J
As for the material safety, I'm not a chemist, but gold just feels like it would be safer.
Thank you for your documentation of this!
my 2cents,
-J
Also, some metals have a magnetic dampening effect. Slide a magnet across an aluminum plate and you will see what I'm talking about. I have no idea if nickel is a dampening metal or not. I think copper might be.
@John_NY: The implant doesn't generate any kind of special magnetic field once the gold is applied (just the static field from the magnet). It is the reaction to other fields nearby that creates the effect. So I guess it is the mechanical movement of the implant in response to other fields that produces the sensation.