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If you'd like a lower effort version: I glued a tiny, but powerful, magnet to my fingernail and then coated it with a few layers of nail polish.

It looked more than a little flashy, and it provided less sensation than it would've implanted, but it worked surprisingly well.




What kind of glue did you use? I'd love to try the concept, but as a physicist I can't afford to be permanently magnetic.


Couldn't you simply carry a magnetic ring? Or would that not work for some reason?



Where's a good place to get magnetic rings for this purpose? I searched Amazon and found things like magnetic bracelets marketed as alternative medicine to cure you. None of the reviews I found mentioned using them as an electromagnetic sensor, so I can't tell if they're useful for the purpose.


I found a friend who's had magnet rings; he pointed me to some info: http://hackaday.com/2012/01/02/give-yourself-a-sixth-sense-o... (follow the links; it links to "Holy Scrap" blog which links to a couple online magnetic-ring-sellers).

I also found a ring sizing guide: http://pages.ebay.com/buy/guides/ring-sizing-guide/


There should be a difference in sensation because of the difference in mass of the ring versus implant. An implant, simply because it is so much smaller, should have a stronger reaction, should move or vibrate more, for a given strength of field.


Why not just have a magnet finger ring?


How long did it stay on?




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