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Socket Prototypes

Jun 03, 2014

I busted out the shapelock and made the first of a number of prototypes for the socket that will be my magnet implant computer interface. the general design I’m planning for is a full finger socket, most likely to the metacarpophalangeal joint. It will have a small amount wiggle room for the tip of my finger bu otherwise be a snug fit. The inductor coil will be embedded in a groove in the plastic, and the magnetometer will fit in a dent in the bottom. I’m considering a fabric sleeve to hide the wires and keep things from getting snagged.


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Unformed Shapelock…

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turns into formed Shapelock!

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Dent and finger placement

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Dent detail

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Dent face on

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On the finger

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Socket detail