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Dave Hurban and his magnetically held iPod nano
Mr. Hurban did just that with the help of Jason Williams, who is named as the “Prototype Engineer” for the project. Mr. Hurban also had the process of embedding the magnets filmed and made into a video, but we should warn you that the video (below) is absolutely not for the squeamish.
Dave Hurban’s magnets
Technically, these magnets are a form of body modification (or body piercing) known as dermal or microdermal anchors. In this case, he used magnets, but such dermal anchors can take on other forms, as well. This is the foundation for the video’s name as posted to YouTube, which is simply “iDermal.”
If you’d rather just admire the results, look at the two images above. If you’d like to see how he performed surgery on himself, enjoy the video below, but remember what we said about not watching it if your squeamish.
iDermal Video
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