New Jewelry Choices
April 7, 2004 12:19 PM Subscribe
Eyeball Jewelry This just caught my eye (Sorry!). It's jewelry that is implanted INTO your EYE! I think this is pretty cool and another milestone in body modding. Discuss how long until Georgia legislators ban this.
For a second there, I thought, "Hey, that looks kind of cool." Then I slapped myself and remembered, "It's metal in someone's EYE!"
On a more serious note, I know this is being done in surgical conditions, blah, blah, blah...but really, how safe can this be? I imagine one side effect would have to be constant tearing from the eye trying to flush the little thing out.
I think I'll stick with tattoos for my everlasting body art needs.
posted by BurnedEve at 12:27 PM on April 7, 2004
On a more serious note, I know this is being done in surgical conditions, blah, blah, blah...but really, how safe can this be? I imagine one side effect would have to be constant tearing from the eye trying to flush the little thing out.
I think I'll stick with tattoos for my everlasting body art needs.
posted by BurnedEve at 12:27 PM on April 7, 2004
Um yeah, cool. Or maybe just another really stupid fad that'll die out soon.
Now Wild Eyes, (apologies for the flash) those are cool. And alot less of a pain to mod yourself with.
posted by fenriq at 12:32 PM on April 7, 2004
Now Wild Eyes, (apologies for the flash) those are cool. And alot less of a pain to mod yourself with.
posted by fenriq at 12:32 PM on April 7, 2004
Heard this on the radio and cringed. Doesn't look quite as bad as I was imagining. Putting it in, probably is not that dangerous, people get stuff in their eyes all the time. But won't that leave a hole when they take it out?
posted by MetalDog at 12:34 PM on April 7, 2004
posted by MetalDog at 12:34 PM on April 7, 2004
There goes that old schoolyard pledge: "Cross My Heart and Hope To Die, Stick A Needle In My Eye."
Really, it's fun to see how stupid people will get in the name of "cool."
posted by jonmc at 12:35 PM on April 7, 2004
Really, it's fun to see how stupid people will get in the name of "cool."
posted by jonmc at 12:35 PM on April 7, 2004
...the range includes a glittering half-moon or heart...
I wonder if the rest of the range includes stars, diamonds, clovers and horseshoes.
posted by me3dia at 12:40 PM on April 7, 2004
I wonder if the rest of the range includes stars, diamonds, clovers and horseshoes.
posted by me3dia at 12:40 PM on April 7, 2004
As someone who has had needles and jewelry in many parts of my body that make most people wince, this still makes the curmudgeon in me say "Damn crazy kids."
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 12:49 PM on April 7, 2004
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 12:49 PM on April 7, 2004
I want to see a bright LED option. That way people will always know where I am at night. I can just see a bunch of kids dancing the night away in dark clubs with only the earie red glow of hudreds of eye implants for light. I figure you ought to be able to have 2 of these in each eye, that's four LED lights per kid. Changing batteries might pose a problem, though.
posted by Fantt at 12:58 PM on April 7, 2004
posted by Fantt at 12:58 PM on April 7, 2004
By the way, ain't nothing cooler than Dada Supreme 2004's.
Or they would be cool if the spinning dealie actually did something like suck heat out of the shoe.
posted by fenriq at 1:22 PM on April 7, 2004
Or they would be cool if the spinning dealie actually did something like suck heat out of the shoe.
posted by fenriq at 1:22 PM on April 7, 2004
That is simply gross. Of course I don't like tatoos either...
posted by Red58 at 2:00 PM on April 7, 2004
posted by Red58 at 2:00 PM on April 7, 2004
I can't imagine how expensive that would be for me.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:00 PM on April 7, 2004
posted by eyeballkid at 2:00 PM on April 7, 2004
I imagine one side effect would have to be constant tearing from the eye trying to flush the little thing out.
I doubt it, it's implanted under the surface, so you'd just feel a bump. You'd probably get used to it just as you get used to contact lenses (not that they're under the surface, of course).
Still...it looks kind of neat but...yargh!
posted by biscotti at 2:56 PM on April 7, 2004
I doubt it, it's implanted under the surface, so you'd just feel a bump. You'd probably get used to it just as you get used to contact lenses (not that they're under the surface, of course).
Still...it looks kind of neat but...yargh!
posted by biscotti at 2:56 PM on April 7, 2004
I want to see a bright LED option.
Locutus of Borg, I presume.
posted by briank at 7:25 PM on April 7, 2004
Locutus of Borg, I presume.
posted by briank at 7:25 PM on April 7, 2004
My initial reaction? eeeewwwwh! Ick!.
But I like the LED idea. In a sort of Snow Crash kind of way.
posted by dejah420 at 7:44 PM on April 7, 2004
But I like the LED idea. In a sort of Snow Crash kind of way.
posted by dejah420 at 7:44 PM on April 7, 2004
My brain won't stop saying "hoax." Even though the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery site looks fairly legit. Those pictures of the bejeweled eyes just look too fake, and each one has the little heart in a different place relative to the iris and pupil.
I mean, I'm all for subcutaneous electroluminescence and all, but I remain skeptical.
posted by hashashin at 9:47 PM on April 7, 2004
I mean, I'm all for subcutaneous electroluminescence and all, but I remain skeptical.
posted by hashashin at 9:47 PM on April 7, 2004
A team from NC State and Johns Hopkins implanted neuro-stimulators inside a few test subjects' eyes and partially reversed blindness due to macular degeneration (pdf).
posted by eddydamascene at 1:07 AM on April 8, 2004
posted by eddydamascene at 1:07 AM on April 8, 2004
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