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Jun 07, 2006 14:00

A Sixth Sense for a Wired World
The initial cut did hurt, but not unbearably. He sliced open my finger with a standard scalpel, inserted a tool to make a gap for the magnet, and tried to insert the magnet in one nonstop motion. The insertion didn't work, and he widened the cut and tried again. This time it worked, and he closed the cut with a ( Read more... )

body modification, cool, science, neuroscience, magnets

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bentrazor June 7 2006, 18:53:13 UTC
It's sorta like being Magneto!

...If Magneto's only power was screwing up credit cards...

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american_arcane June 7 2006, 18:56:09 UTC
Actually, that's the really neat thing--it says in the article that the magnets aren't strong enough to mess with things like computer disks and credit cards (or to set off airport metal detectors).

Neat stuff. :)

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