[OC] Benutzer-Flair-Schnappschuss des Biohackers Digital Discord-Kanals

Some potentially helpful information:

Implant Counts Bar Charts

Without getting too much into the weeds… „DT“ is Dangerous Things, the longest running manufacturer of human chip implants. Vivokey is its sister company. DT implants with a lowercase „x“ in the name are x-series, meaning they are glass capsules installed with an injector. Implants with „flex“ in the name are larger, higher-performance devices encapsulated in biocompatible polymer–some can be installed with a 4g piercing needle while other, larger devices must be installed with a scalpel and dermal elevation. What is the NExT and why is it so popular? It’s an x-series, quite affordable at ~90$, and two chips in one package: an NTAG216 (this allows contact and link sharing, works with a few access control systems, and can be used with a large varieties of accessories) on the NFC side and t5577 (this is an emulator or „magic“ chip that can be programmed as one of many different 125 kHz legacy chips with a changeable UID) on the RFID side. Following that up, we see the xSIID. This is the most popular „blinky“–the name the community has given for implants that light up. The blink comes from the duty-cycle of the readers rather than a feature of the implants. The xSIID is an NTAGI2C so it also supports the same data sharing capabilities of the NExT. The xNT and xEM are inexpensive, one trick pony implants that make up either side of a NExT. The Vivokey Spark 2 is an interesting beast as it’s a crypto-chip that works with the Vivokey platform. Looking at the magnets we see two more x-series options: the xG3s. The v1 was axially magnetized which was optimized for sensing (and has since been discontinued) while the v2 is diametrically magnetized (along its x-axis) which makes it better at „lifting.“

Chips and Magnets Waffle Chart

Chips are far more popular than magnets despite, thanks to the xG3, sharing the same installation method. I suspect it’s due to worry about having to remove them prior to an MRI.

Types of Blink Bar of Pie

xLEDs don’t have a chip–they just light up in the presence of the field they’re tuned to couple with (13.56 MHz for NFC which works with phones or 125 kHz which works with legacy readers and inductive chargers). And then there’s the xGLO which doesn’t blink as it’s not powered. It’s a tritium capsule in bioglass. Only 15 were sold in response to another (now defunct) company’s product: the Firefly. The quality of manufacture of the latter was poor to the point where DT produced the xGLO to demonstrate how such a thing could be made remotely safe. Several Fireflies ended up breaking in people.

Type of Magnets Bar of Pie

Steve Haworth was the first person to have a subdermal magnet. He still makes them today. Small implants can be placed in the fingertip to allow you to feel magnetic fields (sensing magnets) such as those generated through current flow. Most magnet coatings fail over time and the body breaks down the magnets. Exceptions to this are the xG3s and the Titan–a titanium-encased sensing magnet.