Hello! My name is Sam and I am a grad student / electrical engineer looking to buy a Titan Biomagnet.
I have a Steve Hayworth Magnet that I got implanted around 8 years ago which inspired me to get into looking at sensory augmentation from an academic perspective. My research is on sensory augmentation and haptics. I first started researching methods for training myself because I was frustrated by how hard it was to learn. Over time, my magnet seems to have corroded and gotten worse and I would love to replace it with a Titan.
I’d be happy to pay more or have a used one - name your price. There was a thread a couple of months ago where I missed out and I still regret not jumping on the opportunity.
Oooh super cool! Thank you for sharing! I def. think it’d be cool to do a perception study on those with implantable magnets (I might be able to convince my advisor to pay people for their time). Or to evaluate the effectiveness of a perceptual training program for different vibrations.
I was reading through the pico thread and using your finger as a speaker - it reminded me of a different idea I had about making a super high-power device where you could use your finger as a speaker wirelessly. I’ve been looking into winding my own inductors to do some magnetic beamforming.
Are you me? This is exactly where I was three years ago, if you need anything let me know
Check out this (I wish I had done a better job documenting):
If you’re going to do a study and write a paper beware of how you present things. Peer review is going to be rough on ethics and all that crap when dealing with implants. The best you can do is make it very clear that none of the magnets where implanted for the purpose of the study. Ideally do not include yourself no matter if you’ve had yours for years.
Also consider the difficulty of finding participants in your location.
I was in the middle of Europe at the time and even with all expenses paid (including plane, hotel and food) I had a hard time finding anyone.
About that high power stuff, it’s going to take a LOT of power to get even a suboptimal range. There are some other avenues you can explore and this is how I got to making the pico. There are some other things in the works, if you’re passionate about the subject I’d love to have you onboard.
Let me look around at home.
I might have an unimplanted in one of the boxes.
…bla…bla… all the disclaimer that it’s not sterile anymore, and whatnot…
But let me confirm that I have it fist…
Dangerous Things is also providing semi-escrow services for buys and sellers. It works like this;
seller arranges with buyer to use DT as escrow
seller purchases the DT inspection and sterilization service with sellers address for payment and buyers address for shipment, puts buyer’s email addresses in the order notes with instructions to inform buyer of results
seller ships device to DT for inspection and sterilization
DT informs service purchaser and buyer (email from notes) it’s good and ready to ship, or something is wrong
assuming all is well, buyer pays seller, seller instructs DT to ship device to buyer
if something is wrong with the device, DT informs both parties and likely will ship back to seller.
!!! I just sent a message Atilla earlier, but forgot to post here - I would love to take it and use the DT inspection and sterilization process if it is opened.
Mmm thank you for the super thoughtful message! I think if I manage to get my hands on a new Titan, it would be interesting to do something comparing traditional motor-based vibrotactile perception with the pico on myself and if that works maybe trying to go further. I totally hear you on the peer review / IRB side though, I think people get a bit freaked out with implants.
Re: higher power things in the works - I’d love to chat and hear about what you’re doing? If you wanna DM about setting up a call / zoom. I am designing some fairly high-power electronics for a different research project so maybe I could be of use
I started to go vanilla a while ago.
Either I never used my implants or the journey ended up being rough.
I think the process interested me more than the result.
is of interest
