Using #embedded #magnets in #muscle #tissue could for sure be the way forwards for #bionic #limbs https://hackaday.com/2021/08/21/magnets-.. Using #neurons and #electrodes is flakey as hell at the best of times. Someone has pointed out how this may affect a #patient 's ability to go through an #mri though... Personally I would be looking towards a #neuralnetwork to predict #movement #intention ...
Very cool, a new type of #mechanical #keyboard using " #maglev " technology, i.e. #hovering using #magnets https://hackaday.com/2021/08/02/mag-lev-.. In theory these could last a #lifetime as it does away with #contacts and #springs - both of which tend to fail in other designs. Very cool to see such a project come out of the #hacker community.
The latest #coffeespace #article on the #chunkboipro has received quite a bit of attention: https://coffeespace.org.uk/projects/chun.. #feedback so far has been moistly positive, with concerns generally centred around the resulting thickness and how the #magnets may affect parts. Hopefully some parts will arrive over the next few weeks and the experiments can begin.
Interesting, #apple have been working hard to get their #iwatch to be a recognised #medical device, and yet their latest #phone could possibly stop peoples hearts: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/ap.. Commentators point out that it's just the effect of #magnets in general. That said, it's still far from ideal.