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My Experience Biohacking

I'm pretty much a cyborg now.

Though it is beneficial to elevate limbs during the healing process, the main benefit of this was preventing me from rolling into some odd position and tearing off the dressings, injuring myself, or pushing out the magnet. Field falloff makes certain that it isn’t strong enough to attract things from a far distance, so I have to put my hand right near a collection of iron filings or rust bits for it to pick them up. It’s worth taking care around iron filings, as they tend to have rather sharp serrated edges that you ideally don’t want poking into your skin – especially not in a position you chose for its superior sensation.

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