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What if you implanted thousands of small magnets just underneath your skin all over your body?
You would be in serious trouble if you ever needed an MRI...
Actually putting a magnet in your fingertip so you can "feel" magnetic objects is a bodymod I've heard some people do
But yeah, like @Pons_Aelius@kbin.social said, MRIs probably aren't an option ever again unless you have it removed. I guess removing one from your finger would be easier than everywhere on your body.
Edit: I should have read the comment section before typing this, people are already talking about it lol
I wonder if that works with, like, jewelry. Could you build up the same sensations if you, say, practically always wore rings with magnets in them?
I think so. I posted this link above about a belt that gives users a sense of direction relative to the Earth's magnetic field.
I would guess probably! Just less sensitive, I think they put them in fingertips specifically because of the amount of touch sensitive nerves.