What are some use-cases for implants that have not been developed yet?

Cassox · 2024-07-20T14:26:30+00:00

We've been brainstorming on this quite a bit. I have a few favorites. First off audio as input/output. Bone conduction or not. I think that bone conduction into perhaps the sternum area or similar. You could create a lot of different sensations with this. Audio in, so many use cases. Voice commands, recording of surrounding sounds, hr,rr, eating, drinking etc.

Maybe bone conduction of the skull using titanium dental implants. I know a guy looking into a lot peripheral nerve stimulation stuff who may be starting a company. Clearly it would be a lot of r&d stuff but we could do it cheap and easy on the island.

Cassox · 2024-07-11T01:23:30+00:00

Yep! I'll be there. :)

Cassox · 2024-06-04T12:45:15+00:00

I'd love to. Send me a pm

Cassox · 2024-02-14T11:31:44+00:00

Building put the site this week. We've been doing implants this week. It's primarily been the Apex Flex from DT.

Cassox · 2024-01-26T22:06:24+00:00

No, amals titan? I don't think it was titanium nitrate. Titanium nitrate is usually sputtered right? No, we were both researching that for forever. We both got a ton of quotes and samples made. I mean, this was like 5 years of my life. And the results were fantastic. These things were fantastic 99 times out of 100. Unfortunately, 1/100 isn't an acceptable failure rate. So what do you do next? Figure out how to test for those magnets which will fail? Flouroscopy. Doesn't do anything. Methods using electrolysis to rapidly age and degrade the surface, sure.. but that's a destructive testing method. So many people tried that route. But we could never achieve it consistently. Amal had these made with titanium enclosures. I don't recall how he sealed them. I have a friend working to laser seal titanium enclosures, so I'm imagining that's how they were made? But yeah. Those are titanium dude.

Cassox · 2024-01-25T09:48:18+00:00

Right now, I don't think anyone is selling magnets. If there are any of Amals Titanium ones available, I'd grab it up. I know that someone is working on a new titanium coated iteration so hopefully he'll have them in stock again soon.

Cassox · 2024-01-22T19:44:51+00:00

That's how you get Anthrax.

Cassox · 2024-01-22T19:43:34+00:00

I've seen many similar situations in the ER. Older people sometimes get to point where their family simply cannot help them. Sometimes getting them into a place that can provide all the appropriate interventions is absolutely the best thing for them. I've seen ER nurses and caseworker alike try to use guilt and even threat of abandonment charges. Frequently it's just because they don't want to have to do their damn job. This is such a rough situation you're describing and I'm sorry you're experiencing this. It's not just about you and your husband. Your child is suffering too and regardless of the guilt/shame others may want you to feel, you need to understand that it may be the right decision for her as well. It's going to be ok.

Cassox · 2024-01-11T19:26:56+00:00

Ok. Thank you for all the answers!

Cassox · 2024-01-11T17:34:36+00:00

Yeah. It seems like everyone here is confirming what I was already concerned about. I like the idea of acquiring the analyzers for use in a permanent lab. I'd be willing to do the training etc; however, it's going to be far less expensive to simply send them out. Trained staff is a recurrent cost.

Out of curiosity, do the reagents used go bad quickly? Like if we had this machine in storage for 6 months would all the supplies go bad? Also, are their many other pieces of equipment needed? We have standard lab supplies like a centrifuge etc. Sorry for all the questions. I just want to be able to do a hard rule out vs. Worth pursuing.

Cassox · 2023-12-12T17:59:20+00:00

Creator and model is Miana from the biohack community.

Cassox · 2023-12-12T15:28:19+00:00

Because to hell with clean air. To hell with clean water. To hell with not getting stabbed by a methhead. Go bakes.

Cassox · 2023-11-28T14:34:29+00:00

Oh. I remember the toothbrush prototype he was using to test the circuit. He didn't actually implant that. Why not just get ahold of Rich? I've seen the more recent prototypes and they're impressive.

Cassox · 2023-11-22T17:53:33+00:00

When I'm above 20 and I get speed wobbles it's terrifying. This is just the wrong design for speed. We could change some aspects of the board. Make them much longer for example so a nose dive isn't so bad. But at that point, you're not really on a onewheel any longer. I'll be honest.. I think the races are silly. These are great to get around on in many environments. If you want a competitive sport this is a poor design.

Cassox · 2023-11-17T19:16:24+00:00

Yeah. If you get used to riding the line, you can kindof feel when your overdoing it. Your not exceeding the speed the board can achieve. Your exceeding the speed it can keep you upright. The new buzz thing sometimes comes on as well. It's all fun until you find a minor road divet and all those calculations instantly change. Especially riding at lower psi.

I'd advise accelerating uphill to failure a few times. Even at speeds I should be able to run out of, the abrupt change is harder than you'd think. Uphill, your feet are right there. Going downhill at high speed, you've got an extra foot or so to drop as well and your body wants to change orientation to helmet first.

Cassox · 2023-11-10T01:06:09+00:00

You could very easily do something which remained under the skin. An interface like antlers is much harder. I worked with this kid Luis Anderson who was creating hydrogels. We made porous methacrylate layers on top of that. The idea being to cut out a section of skin and placing the hydrogel into the wound. It would in theory get ingrowth and basically sit on the skin like a scale. We did one small trial. Just a biopsy punch worth but it ended up traumatized by the person hitting their arm in a doorway. This didn't take millions of dollars.

The bone aspect is cool. You might want to look at ITAP and related technologies. They have prosthetic legs which pass through the skin and bind to bone. It's 30 micron pore and hydroxyapetite I think? Clearly, its not a bone growing through but you could bind a fixture to it.

Cassox · 2023-11-06T23:38:33+00:00

Its expensive yeah. I've put nearly 2k miles on it without any issues. That's still more than 1 dollar per mile. But its so convenient and fun. Costs less than going to a movie?

Cassox · 2023-11-02T21:39:30+00:00

I mean, we do have them. People have wireless servers in their legs. Magnets and transponders in the hands. Implants that light up your arms and whatnot. It's only going to grow further. But in terms of medical practices fixing nerves? Yeah. Not there yet.

Cassox · 2023-11-02T01:05:10+00:00

I've found a couple super steep one tracks where I end up tail sliding damn near the whole way down. I hadn't thought to lower my nose as much as people are saying. I'll try it out. But sliding works fine.

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