• yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    30·
    4 months ago

    There’s enough people surgically implanting small magnets into their fingertips for a surprisingly detailed Wikipedia article to be a thing:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_implant

    Also some interesting, mostly¹ SFW but not for the faint of heart, images of the DIY surgery:

    Images

    (Note: the images are unrelated, this isn’t a before and after)

    ¹ meaning you will probably not get in trouble in most companies, there’s a little blood and that’s it

    • FerretyFever0@fedia.io
      8·
      4 months ago

      Well, that’s interesting. Why, though? It looks like the person in the first picture removed their thumb to do this.

        • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          7·
          4 months ago

          Both pics are magnetic implants, the first is used on the only other language article:

          https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Implantation_eines_zylindrischen_Magnet.png

          Biohacker Mrln implants a commercially available biomagnet

          Based on the other images, the side of your hand seems to be a popular location for magnets too:

          Also, the latter image is probably the result of the first operation image (in my other comment) because the subtitle says:

          Multiple subdermal magnets implanted by bioacker Mrln [sic]

          But what is a little weird is that the magnet seems to be on the “wrong” side. I think the first operation image is just misleading.

          Edit:

          The upper image (in this comment) is also by Mrln. Apparently they installed a lot of magnets.