Body Mods

RFID Implant

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Back when I was in college, a few of my friends and I got this crazy idea to all get RFID implants together. They are essentially the same things you'd use to microchip a pet, but with a slightly different firmware configuration, allowing scans with any 125KHz-compatible reader. The implants came from dangerousthings.com, and we were lucky enough to have a vet-med student as a friend who made the installation a quick and painless process! I'm glad that I'm not afraid of needles, as the 16 gauge injector the kit came with was nothing to scoff at. Since healing, you would never know the implant was there, with the site leaving no scar or visible indication of its presence.

With that out of the way, our group began work on hardware which would support the new implants. The goal was to have a generic usb-keyboard emulator for typing passwords with a valid scan, a car off-acc-on ignition replacement, and a fairly specialized modification to the OSU Robotics Club's doorway scanning system so they would support these on top of the official OSU ID cards. As tends to happen, life got busy, and only the usb-keyboard emulator actually came to fruition. The electronics and primary firmware were handled by Nick McComb, enclosure by Dylan Thrush, and I supported some minor firmware development and debugging. If you want to see an example of the keyboard emulator unlocking a PC, check out the video on Nick's website!