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Key takeaways: Biohacking has gone mainstream : What began with fitness trackers and sleep apps now includes hardware implants, with 67% of Americans in a recent survey identifying as biohackers.
: What began with fitness trackers and sleep apps now includes hardware implants, with 67% of Americans in a recent survey identifying as biohackers. Grinder biohacking goes beyond tracking : Grinders implant magnets, NFC and RFID chips, and other devices directly into their bodies to enhance human capabilities.
: Grinders implant magnets, NFC and RFID chips, and other devices directly into their bodies to enhance human capabilities. Human augmentation has real risks : DIY implants often happen outside medical settings, which increases the risk of infection, device failure, and even introduces cybersecurity threats.
: DIY implants often happen outside medical settings, which increases the risk of infection, device failure, and even introduces cybersecurity threats. The line between innovation and harm remains unclear: There aren’t any clear rules for where enhancement should stop and where safety regulators and safety standards should step in.
A healthy diet and good sleep hygiene are enough to be the best version of ourselves, right?
According to hard biohackers, also known as grinders, the actual way to become your best self is to implant technology under your skin. These are the people who take biohacking further. Think hardware upgrade, not unlike a better RAM or GPU for your PC.
And when we say literally, we mean it. People are implanting hardware such as magnets under their fingertips to sense electromagnetic fields, NFC and RFID chips to open doors or for digital authentication, and even subdermal LED lights.
The point? To enhance human capabilities and merge technology with biology.
Depending on the opinion you’ll form as you read, the most extreme form of biohacking could be revolutionary. Or it could be causing more harm than good.
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