#013: Sixth Sense Magnetic Implant

Here’s a strange one. Wired reporter Quinn Norton had a magnet implanted in his index finger to give him a ‘sixth sense’:

I would circle my finger with a strong magnet and feel the one in my finger spin. In time, bits of my laptop became familiar as tingles and buzzes. Every so often I would pass near something and get an unexpected vibration. Live phone pairs on the sides of houses sometimes startled me.

That’s certainly one of the best body mods we’ve ever seen, but it’s not something we’d recommend for the average magnet enthusiast. Norton developed a nasty infection and the magnet eventually shattered, causing some long-term medical issues. Still, we’d take one over a tongue-ring any day!

Read more about the implants at Wired.