Saw this, thought it looked Cyborg-ish.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/kf1uil/is_it_me_me_ink_and_watercolors_on_paper_2020/
Only posting as a reddit link, as that is how the artist posted it.
Maybe it is a painting of Amal charging at night.
Something I found out today: transponder bypass modules are WAY more effective than I expected, given the price and simplicity of their construction. I went to Ace hardware today and had a no-chip version of my ignition key made (told the guy I wanted a door key). Threw my original key inside the module, gave it 12 volts, put the coil around my ignition, and bam, my car could now be started with a normal key without a chip. Glad it worked, otherwise my project would be dead in the water. The price difference between keys was crazy too, $4 to buy and cut a door key, $70 for an ignition key. Once my boards get here I can cut down the new key, disconnect the original switch, and Iāll be good.
Itās managed to go out of stock since I bought it a few days ago, but this is the one I used if anyone needs one for their own projects.
There seem to be a ton of companies making them in that style, though.
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Nice one, Thank you.
I removed the chip from mine and mounted it in the ignition.
But that looks like a great option.
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Yeah, that was my next plan if this didnāt work. My ignition is in a very weird spot though, almost where you would expect a push button start to be, next to the radio, and so it would have been really obvious if I tried to mount anything over it, even if itās just the transponder. The wire loop can run underneath it with the facade on, which is nice. The ignition switch on my car is only held in with 2 bolts with a lot of room behind it, so to be honest, Iām considering just pushing it somewhere deeper in my dash and letting it stay there, then completely covering the hole. Regardless Iāll be 3D printing a cap, but I donāt live in the greatest area, and I donāt want someone thinking I left a key in the ignition, and breaking my window.
Iām cutting the head off of the key regardless so it shouldnāt matter, will be barely visible, but 
Oh, another relevant bit of info for anyone looking into it as an option, when I tested it with my benchtop PSU, it only pulled .066 amps constant at 12V. Especially if you throw a switch on it, or control it via a relay, itās pretty kind on power usage. I threw a relay on my board to deal with this transponder via programming, though.
Random mildly morbid and pointless question, but it is body augmentation I guess
Could you run a section of wire around your heart, or even almost a faraday cage
To prevent death by electrocution?
Obviously installation isā¦ tricky lmao
Wouldnāt electrically insulate, but would provide a higher conduction, non damaging pathway?
No, for two reasons:
1/ I rarely get electrocuted. Last time it happened, I was a toddler and I put my fingers in the socket. Since then, Iām careful enough that it never happens. So Iād be protecting myself against very small odds.
2/ One thing that is more likely, and getting likelier as I age, is the need to get defibrilation at some point. The faraday cage would make that option unavailable.
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Ooo, yea that would be a āwomp wompā moment
Youāre in luck: LF and to a great extent HF āantennaeā arenāt antennae at all 
They work in the near field. Think of them as transformer secondaries.
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Indeed! Inductors to be direct about it.
Now that I actually give it any thought,
Yea I donāt think Iāve heard of any LF bands
Iām a pretty terrible ham, outside of my one nice little comfy niche lol 
, which doesnāt involve much antenna diy
Well thatās a bummer, cuz Iāve been on LF, ELF and VLF for decades
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Iāll just shut up now lol
edit shutting up is hard
Wouldnāt that involve an absurdly long antenna?
Like hundreds of km in length? (You get this one metric lol)
3-30hz would be a 100,000km to 10,000km wave length
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Yes, my bad - I was only talking flexes, I can edit my post for clarity if that helps?
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I think maybe this is turning into quite a derail. Maybe Pilgrims will want to shift all of that stuff out of this thread.
To answer your question: yes, LF antennae can be quite long. Wire dipoles are usually strung up between poles or trees. You need space for those babies. But you donāt need to go full-wave thank goodness. Still, a 160m half-wave dipole is 80m of wire.
As for ELF / VLF, thatās usually done with a huge-ass coil on the ground and itās listening-only.
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I was thinking the same thing, but where I was looking at splitting it, it will loose some continuityā¦but, standby
I was also laughing to myself how quickly our threads derail
Thatās my bad, I can also stop now
You are not alone, I think we all have done, and we will continue to do soā¦
Also no need to stop, this thread is for whatever you want to chat aboutā¦
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I would say No for one reason. The heart needs to move around and expand and contract. You would basically be trying to cage something that cannot be caged for long without damage. Also, the anatomy of the heart would be crazy to try and wrap, and fitting in the chest cavity.
I canāt speak with much experience in a lot of things, but I did assist with open heart surgery for a few years, and have seen a couple hundred open chest. Mainly helped with ablation of pathways and extra muscle.
They can pace your heart, through your esophagus.
They can also put wires through your jugular to pace your heart internally. Or install them from the outside.
They can keep your heart beating, even if you want it to stop.
Wasnāt there a movie where someone embedded a faraday cage throughout their body? Not implying itās real/possible, just got reminded of it and now itās bugging me that I canāt remember where I saw it.
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The size and shape of the wires or mesh donāt really matter, just a silly thought experiment
Was just curious if you provided a better path for electricity, if it would prevent an electrocution death, since Iāve often heard how many amps it takes to stop/kill your heart
Kind of a lightning rod for your heart
Figured the response would be more āyouād still die from xyz being damagedā
@anon3825968 but a pretty wet figurative blanket on the concept, pointing out it would make it pretty difficult to be defibrillated, which is just ironic
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