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You can implant a small magnet in your fingertip and then have the ability to sense magnetic fields.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_implant
It doesn't even have to be a finger. There are so many underused parts of the body
Why do I feel called out by this comment
Any nipple can be a magnetic antenna
I have nipples, Greg. Can you make me a magnetic antenna?
Would be handy for attaching your name badge, or if you need to put those little hard drive screws somewhere so you don't lose them.
That's actually a good idea.
Does the space cold
Make your nipples go pointy, Bowie?
Do you use your pointy nipples as telescopic antennae
Finally mens nipples get something to be useful at.
I vote for mens liberation and rights for magnetic nipples!
Magnetically sensitive taint here I come!
With my luck I'd get stuck to a steel chair
Never lose a game of musical chairs tho
You stand up and the chair sticks to you like a gmod model
Don't be gross tammy
Probably shouldn't put any at the base of your penis, women with piercings might not enjoy it...
That was one incredible cyborg rabbit-hole I just went down.
Get ready to make friends with every TSA agent you see for the rest of your life, and pray you never need an MRI.
Fair point, but then, most people don't have this.
And even if you do it, you need to get some experience for your brain to develop a model of what to expect in certain situations. For instance, your brain will need some time to get used to the fact, that putting our hand on a fridge will give the brain new sensory stimuli because of the magnets on the fridge.
This intuitive understanding of light and sound is just that - brain neurons being used to what to expect. And even with an implant you would need to train that.
Though I'm definitely curious to experience once how that would feel like 😄
Get a tight-fitting glove, sew some magnets onto the fingers, wear the glove for awhile.
At least that won’t be disastrous if you need an emergency mri, they’ll just take it off
And you can still go through airport security.
I mean, it'd be no different than what it does for all the other sensors. Just those kick on and start training at birth whereas any augment is going to be in adulthood. But the brain is really really good at figuring that stuff out so it'd be interesting, kinda want to do it now lolol
detecting magnetism will rarely be useful for humans especially in the context of survival
You would have at least one part to a functioning magnet at all times lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
No thanks Elon