Re:Why I Had a Magnet Implanted in My Finger
by akeck on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @04:12PM
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Instead of surgery, I would probably go for something like a "compass belt" for an augmented sense. A compass belt is a belt ringed with little cellphone vibrators and a gps-based compass. Only the cellphone vibrator pointing north is activated at any given time. If I recall correctly, the huge downside is that, once you get used to having sensory north, not wearing the belt can be very disorienting.
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Re:Why I Had a Magnet Implanted in My Finger
by pavel_lishin on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @04:48PM
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In Daniel Suarez's "Daemon" novel (or maybe its sequel), one character wears a haptic feedback vest that covers their entire back and torso, with "pixels" that vibrate. It was described as having a second sight, since it's effectively like having low-res monochromatic vision in a 360 degree arc.
I'd be very curious to try something like that, but I have no idea what I'd "project" on such a thing. I suppose if I were a farmer or rancher, it would be interesting being constantly cognizant of where members of the herd were.
Maybe once my kid is older and starts crawling/running around, it might be a fun thing to wear to a museum so I'm instantly made aware if she stars making a bee-line away from me.