Does anyone else think the device looks extremely large for the application?
Pre-sale of Cyborg implant for sensing North
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Re: Pre-sale of Cyborg implant for sensing North
#22So this only vibrates when it faces north. I wonder if that is more or less useful/comfortable/noticeable than the belts[0] or anklets[1] that always have a vibration in the direction of north. [0] http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Tactile-Feedba... [1] https://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/
Yeah, was hoping it actually would connect to something and give of different sensations based on direction, which in time the body/mind might recognize. This seemed more like an art-experiment than something cool.
AIUI people who wore the anklet version found they quickly ceased being conscious of the vibrations per se, and just had a sense of which way was north. ISTR people learn to see via a camera connected to a pad of electrodes on their tongue. The brain is pretty good at adapting to sensory input, it doesn't have to be wired directly to your nerves or anything.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or just a wearable device, but I guess that has drawbacks too.
This "implant" is pretty much a wearable device since it is in contact with skin but is fully outside the body.
Usually wearables refer to things you can easily take off, like a watch. This thing looks pretty permanent -- though maybe it flips open like an earring to be removed and serviced?
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#24But it... is just a few piercings and is held on top of your skin?
Yes.
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#25This seems... incredibly silly. Not crazy or wrong, just silly. This feels like a child walking out of a movie theater like a cowboy, because they just saw a western. I don't want an implant to achieve something I can manage with a needle and a bowl of water.
There is a difference between having something permanently giving you feedback, and being able to get some information on demand. It's easy to conceive that being quietly reminded of which direction you're travelling every time you turn a corner could change the way you see the world.
On the other hand, it does seem to be a pretty rubbish implementation. A dongle that you have to anchor to your chest with piercings, and whose idea of "really, really small" is an inch square seems significantly behind where I believed implant technology was.
I might be tempted to try this if it was a tiny, surgically implanted chip that had no other effects, but having some huge trinket dangling off my chest getting stuck in things seems like it would only be attractive to people who wanted something to act as a replacement for an interesting personality in conversation.
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#26This seems... incredibly silly. Not crazy or wrong, just silly. This feels like a child walking out of a movie theater like a cowboy, because they just saw a western. I don't want an implant to achieve something I can manage with a needle and a bowl of water.
I'm not a fanboy, but you've missed the point entirely.
It's not the same thing at all. It's about being able to sense north all the time.
Not getting a compass out, or your silly solution of a bowl of water and a needle. About just knowing which direction north is. There's been (well received) articles here before about people wearing haptic belts that did the same thing.
Here's an example:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028185-800-haptic-s...
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#27Please, save us from the cyborgs. I can think of 999999 things deserving more attention than this.
But wait! I want divining rods implanted in my forearms! I can see the benefits already.
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#28Does anyone else think the device looks extremely large for the application?
Yes. I will let others play with such technology. I feel too connected already. I don't really want to wire myself up more.
Maybe I'm old fashion. I will be interested in what others say about their experiences with such devices.
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#29Their about section looks... well, they just look like some real interesting people, I tell you hwhat...
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#30This seems... incredibly silly. Not crazy or wrong, just silly. This feels like a child walking out of a movie theater like a cowboy, because they just saw a western. I don't want an implant to achieve something I can manage with a needle and a bowl of water.
Totally agree. They want to `design the future` and the first thing they do is to make a device that was rendered obsolete 10 years ago... What next? a device that makes you sense time? or something that makes you feel that someone's trying to reach you?
This is hands-free.