Light Switch: Work in progress

The mold I made is unfortunately of terrible quality and will have to be remade, but this of from a series of replacement electrical covers that I’m working on. The clay master looks a lot nicer. I’m going to do some double switch covers and power covers as well.

As an aside, I wanted to use my computer controlled router to cut some molds — an address sign for the front door — but the machine wasn’t powering up. I didn’t know whether I’d blown a fuse or if the problem was in the machine, but thanks to my magnetic implant, I was able to feel the AC power running through various cables and transformers, allowing me to quickly diagnose the problem as being internal, a loose plug falling out of the main logic board due to the vibration of the carving engine. Even though it’s almost a decade since the magnets were implanted, I still use them constantly, and my ability to “see” into the electromagnetic spectrum is quite solid as a sense. If it turned out that the neodymium played a role in my health problems and I had to remove the magnets, it would be like plucking out an eye. Even though most people don’t have this particular sense, in this subjective world I do, and I could no more cut out my magnets than pluck out my eye.

Although if you told me that I could make the crippling pain and creeping paralysis go away by plucking out an eye, I think I’d be reaching for a spoon. Luckily that’s not a decision I have to make. Or maybe, unluckily depending on how you look at it. My legs are certainly casting a vote for the ol’ squishy-pop eye gouging.

3 Comments

  1. anselm wrote:

    Your magnets sound like an awesome sense. I was really intrigued by the things I read on BMEzine, but was under the impression that most of the people who had them had to remove them- I didn’t realize you still had yours! I’ll need to consider getting some again.

    Friday, February 4, 2011 at 1:23 pm | Permalink
  2. jonny wrote:

    have you had an MRI with them in?

    Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 5:02 am | Permalink
  3. I love that you’ve acquired magnetic senses with your implants. Amazing idea.

    Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 7:54 pm | Permalink
Wow Shannon, that's really annoying! What is it, 1997 on Geocities? Retroweb is NOT cool!

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