[Cyborg] Bluetooth LED/sensor implant

Eric Boyd mrericboyd at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 21 21:48:59 UTC 2013


And they've implanted it:

http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/10/21/grinder-update-tim-cannon-implants-circadia-1-0/

It must hurt so much. Also for the size of the thing, it sure doesn't do 
very much :-(

Eric


On 10/16/13 10:13 AM, Eric Boyd wrote:
> Wow, interesting idea!  That thing is massive though, judging by the 
> finger for scale in the video, it's gotta be like 3"x1.5", though it 
> looks fairly thin.  I found some more photos on their facebook:
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> https://www.facebook.com/GrindhouseWetware
> ( just look for a post from Oct 1st)
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> It actually says in a post below that one that Tim Cannon will be 
> implanting it in his arm - sure seems big for the arm, where would you 
> put it?!?
>
> Looking forward to seeing videos of it actually working under the skin :-)
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> Eric
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> On 10/16/13 6:56 AM, Robert Picone wrote:
>> Steve Haworth and Grindhouse Wetware are working on an implantable 
>> temperature monitor that seems rather awesome.  The idea is that it 
>> will be a completely sealed system, with inductive charging for power 
>> and a bluetooth connection to a smartphone for communication.  The 
>> idea also includes an LED strip to display battery level, or whatever 
>> else your phone tells it to.
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>> Steve Haworth has the experience in medical-grade fabrication and 
>> implantation procedures to actually make this work, so I'm seeing a 
>> lot of potential.
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>> http://instagram.com/p/fV8xnIPzmY/
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>> There is more information on an earlier incarnation of this project here:
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>> https://code.google.com/p/heledd/
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>> Apparently the concept originally also featured a reflective pulse 
>> sensor.
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