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Pre-sale of Cyborg implant for sensing North

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Re: Pre-sale of Cyborg implant for sensing North

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Post by whamlastxmas »

veli_joza wrote: post #38
NKCSS wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it doesn't do that, it just alerts you when you face north.... the rest of the time, you'll have no idea if your east, south or west... I would assume you'd have an always-present general force towards the North to make sure you always know your orientation; this is not like that; it just alerts you whenever you happen to face North.

Yeah, but when you are getting hints about direction of North while moving around, you'll subconsciously be aware of orientation all the time. Your spatial orientation would improve dramatically. For me this looks too bulky and inconvenient to actually use.

This is my understanding as well. There are tribal groups of people even today whose communication depends largely on cardinal directions. They don't use the concept of left or right, they use a cardinal direction. As a result, they are always aware of which direction they are facing. This implant would be essentially training you to do the same, and possibly wouldn't even be needed eventually.

Re: Pre-sale of Cyborg implant for sensing North

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Post by zxexz »

I see no implementation details. How do I know the accuracy of the compass? It would suck to be passively sent directional information that was even slightly off. What if I don't calibrate it for a few weeks? What happens if I'm not standing straight, instead laying down? Does it go off randomly?

Also, I don't see how this qualifies as an implant? In their defense, I can't obviously see anywhere they call it such; the title is just wrong here.

It's just a device that sits on top of a couple barbell piercings and vibrates. To be honest, I'm far from impressed. The seemingly new-age-hocus-pocus-spirituality bullshit branding and wording doesn't help either.

For 250 quid why not get a watch that provides wrist-facing haptic feedback, maybe attach it via bluetooth to a digital compass?

Re: Pre-sale of Cyborg implant for sensing North

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Post by lucb1e »

I read about someone who wore a belt with a bunch of vibration motors, where the one that pointed north would vibrate. Lots more space for battery life and accuracy. From what I heard he developed an extremely good sense of direction in a very short time.

Doesn't need to be an implant!

Re: Pre-sale of Cyborg implant for sensing North

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Post by mathgeek »

I'm really struggling to see why you'd want to install this in your body rather than just having it on your person. Is vibration really enhanced by implanting it?

Also, this won't be you "closer to nature" because humans are not naturally attuned to physically know when we are facing north.

Perhaps more importantly, how annoying would this be if every time you rolled over at night, you faced true north and got a nice vibration to wake you up.

Re: Pre-sale of Cyborg implant for sensing North

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Post by na85 »

roel_v wrote: post #37

Looks like I'm the only one, but I think this is pretty nifty. Then again I had someone cut open my hand to shove in an rfid chip 10 years ago, which wasn't everybody's cup of tea either. What I'm most worried about is battery life. If I have to recharge every week (or more), I would give up after a few weeks. Also, what risk is there snagging this thing on your shirt when you get dressed, or crushing it under a barb…

Are you Lopht Anonym or however it's spelled?
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