Brian
04-04-2007, 12:57 PM
Body Hacking: If You Can't Open It, You Don't Own It (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/11402/Body+Hacking+If+You+Cant+Open+It+You+Dont+Own+It/)
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Going beyond the more obviously transgressive body modifications (such as scarring, piercing, tattoos, and subdermal implants), she shows that much more is at stake than cosmetics, for both body hackers in particular and society in general. Co-opting Make's mantra ("if you can't open it, you don't own it") to our own physical body, she points out the need for control (or at least an attempt at control) of our most important asset: ourselves.
Quinn herself has a rare earth magnet implanted in her finger, giving her a "sixth sense" (in addition to the obvious ability to lift small metallic objects with a single finger), which is itself fascinating, though not nearly as interesting as hearing her describe the process of getting it, her reaction and response to it in her body, and the larger implications for such a procedure.
Fascinating stuff, it really is. No wangs in the slide show, but don't watch it at work, unless you work in medical, I suppose. I just wish there was a little more information in there, not just the questions."
Read full story here (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/04/body_hacking_if_you_cant.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890)
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Going beyond the more obviously transgressive body modifications (such as scarring, piercing, tattoos, and subdermal implants), she shows that much more is at stake than cosmetics, for both body hackers in particular and society in general. Co-opting Make's mantra ("if you can't open it, you don't own it") to our own physical body, she points out the need for control (or at least an attempt at control) of our most important asset: ourselves.
Quinn herself has a rare earth magnet implanted in her finger, giving her a "sixth sense" (in addition to the obvious ability to lift small metallic objects with a single finger), which is itself fascinating, though not nearly as interesting as hearing her describe the process of getting it, her reaction and response to it in her body, and the larger implications for such a procedure.
Fascinating stuff, it really is. No wangs in the slide show, but don't watch it at work, unless you work in medical, I suppose. I just wish there was a little more information in there, not just the questions."
Read full story here (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/04/body_hacking_if_you_cant.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890)