lovetron9000 (content warning)
I am afraid to say that my
haptic subdermal project has degenerated into a strange sub-project, which I call
the lovetron9000. It is a low-cost, low-class grind. This is
transhumanism at its apex!
Here it is in a nutshell: I’m
going to implant a vibrating subdermal implant just above my meat straw, on the
pubic bone. Yes, this means I will continue to be the
world’s greatest lover (eight years in a row in my income division). It is a
crown that I promise to wear with zero humility.
Here is what I’m working with
for components
- A 3v micro vibration
motor, hacked from an old Oral B Pulsar toothbrush - Plastic straw
(PVC?) from a disposable Bic pen for motor housing. - An induction coil
hacked out of another broken motorized toothbrush. - Solder and
soldering iron. - Random bits of
wire. - Parts of another
Bic pen for an on/off switch. - Hot glue gun.
Now….the power supply. Here is where I am having a problem. I want this thing to run for 15-20 minutes at
a time. In all honesty, that 15-20
minutes is really only going to be 2-3 minutes, but I’d like to design it to go
15-20. I’ll probably use it 2-3 times a
week. Any recommendations on a small rechargeable
power supply? The motor is 3v, 95mA
max. I wish there was a way to do it
with supercapacitors instead of batteries, but I can’t figure out a way to safely
discharge over a 15 minute period.
Also, Inductive charging is
my second choice. I’d really like to use
a kinetic watch winder to recharge the power supply. How would I prevent over-charging? I really want to avoid plugging something
into the wall, holding to my groin, and then trying to make pillow talk with an
already bewildered lover.
I want to fit all of the
components into a super sturdy plastic (or titanium) housing which will feature
little textured nubs. This really brings
a new meaning to the term "Grinding". Happy to
contribute. ;)
Ideas? Comments?
Concerns? Reservations?
Comments
I'll post some photos soon.
I believe I've already brought up my issues with subdermal batteries in another thread, but to summarise, I think the risks are just too fucking high.
Also, I think surgery itself will be pretty challenging if you do it yourself, which you're going to have to; the magnets were one thing, relatively simple but this will be taking it to another level. You can set your hand on a table and have it in a normal position, for this you're going to have to hunch yourself over for the best view and this will move tissue around and flex muscles so there's the question of how much and where it will move so you don't have to cut yourself again to readjust. Best scenario would probably involve some degree of mirror use in surgery but then your going to have to practice doing the whole thing in a mirror. It just doesn't seem practical if you ask me.
If/before you go through with this you should read some anatomy books, alot of anatomy books really, since you're not going to want to fuck this up. I think this goes without saying but I'd feel remiss if I didn't say it anyway.
Despite all my concerns, you have my attention, I look forward to seeing where this all goes.
Edit: Maybe just try doing a dry run to see if/how this thing will actually work, maybe install it in your arm or leg first or something?
The target area is easily visible, so I won't need a mirror. A body modification guy has agreed to do it if I choose to go that route. He has done several cuts in the suprapubic fat pad area and says it isn't as painful as most piercings.
I've been messing around with some of the ideas I've found in this patent:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2010/0217354.html
One of the things I like is the magnet in the solenoid for passive charging. It uses a spring to suspend the magnet and bounces up and down when move around. I've made my own version, but I can't find my damned voltage meter to see how much it is producing.
I decided to use 2 motors which are located in the forks, which will point downward. The section with the electrical tape is a solenoid for the inductive charging. I've been experimenting with different power supplies and I think I've decided on a rechargeable 3v button cells which will flank the solenoid.
http://slashdong.org/
interesting stuff.
Another problem is that the plug, presumably, would have to run transdermal, which isn't really an option right now.
~Ian
~Ian
That's what she said. (couldn't stop myself)
It broke. I had fun breaking it though.The guy who was involved in the engineering for this project has dropped out, so I'm back to the drawing board. If anyone wants to help they are welcome to. We were last working on a pancake vibration motor with button cell rechargeable batteries. I wish there was a way to do it with a power coil or something that could be manually cranked.
I can see a lot of people wanting to get it done too. I've talked with body modification people and they will buy the hell out of them if I can build a good device. I had an engineer who wanted to help out, but he dropped off the face of the earth or something because he isn't responding to his emails anymore. So yeah, the offer still stands if anyone wanted to collaborate and share proceeds.
<if you build it, they will come>
~Ian
it's nice to see that someone else also working on this kind of project. i've been working on it with professional ppl last 7 years and finally now recently we managed to solve many major problems what we had before. one was a battery as we tried supercapacitors etc, but none of them were good enough and they definitely weren't reliable enough. however, we got 35min running time with custom made thin supercapacitor. but we had may other problems with those capacitors, example they started leaking etc.
also about the kinetic generator, watch kinetic generator doesn't generate enough power, so u won't get any benefit of that. we made prototype of kinetic generator(which was presented in bizarre magazine couple of years ago) and we got way more power out than southampton university with their mini kinetic generator. problem with our kinetic generator was, that too many mechanical parts what can cause failure and also we needed almost 1W output, and with so small device it's pretty much impossible to get.
anyway, we expect to have first implantable prototype ready by next summer. first one will be LED-light implant only, but it uses same platform than our vibrating implant, so pretty soon after that we can make vibrating implant prototype as well if LED implant won't show any problems.
i wish i could give u some advices, but unfortunately i can't as i've been working on this project since 2000 and i feel like this is my baby, so i dont want to share any technical information. but if u can't manage to finish ur project, im more than happy to implant u my vibrator when its ready ;)
if u want to chat more about this, please email me [email protected]