I Sense Your Magnetic Personality

A group of people are implanting rare earth magnets in their fingertips. The reason? They gain the ability to "feel" electromagnetic fields along with their usual sense of touch. The idea originated, strangely enough, with a desire to carry metal gadgets by just sticking them to your skin. That didn't work too well, but they did accidentally discover that they could use an implanted magnet to feel other magnetic fields.

Link: wired.com

6/10/2006 : permalink
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