Anatasia won a Guinness world record for implanting 52 chips in her body. (Image Credit: Guinness World Records)
We've seen many accomplishments in the technological world, but Anastasia Synn may have taken the cake — she implanted a record-breaking 52 chips in her body — the most ever by a human. And they're designed for sense controlling and tackling varying tasks.
Anastasia's idea came from her daughter, who drew inspiration from a video game character to have a microchip implantation. From there, Anastasia decided to play it safe by taking on the experimental process instead. Additionally, she broke the record for the largest magnet in her body. "My daughter originally asked if she could get a microchip implant to unlock her computer like a gamer girl that she saw online, and I said, 'No, you better let me do it first so I can make sure it's safe,'" she said.
Approximately 50% of these implants are microchips that Anatasia programmed for further capabilities, like powering on a computer and opening locks. This idea came to her from using her phone to program chips. The 52-chip record holder says these implantations provide her left hand with a sixth sense: she claims to sense if a transformer or power box receives power, feel wires behind a wall, and determine if microwaves spit out too much radiation.
She also features a built-in sound system thanks to the Bluetooth receiver and magnets implanted in her ears, allowing her to listen inside her head. Additionally, the chips enable her to do magic tricks and memorialize pastimes and her late husband. "The chip over my heart, when scanned, will play our wedding," said Anastasia. "The one in my left wrist calls my daughter's phone, and the one in my right wrist calls my husband's phone."
The chips heighten her senses and give her more abilities. (Image Credit: Guinness World Records)
Anatasia dreams of repurposing her leg computer so that it has a near-field communication scanner, allowing her to place NFC tags in playing cards. She would then run them over her leg to read them with her eyes closed. "The computer would scan the card and know it was the queen of hearts, send that information to my phone via Bluetooth, which would then send that information to the Bluetooth hair piece that would vibrate the magnets in my ears," she said. Unfortunately, doing this requires battery power, which isn't achievable because a lithium battery would have to be implanted in her body.
A nurse and "do it yourself" surgeon helped with her modifications, and half of the implants were placed via a thick hypodermic needle and a plunger. Everything else was inserted with a scalpel. "I put quite a few in myself, and I had a friend help me with ones I couldn't do on my own," she said. However, these chips require constant monitoring to ensure they don't degrade or break. If that happens, they have to be surgically removed. So far, Anastasis had to remove some implants over the years.
There are still some drawbacks to becoming a human cyborg. For example, she can't get an MRI scan and needs to take out and inspect the implants every so often due to their experimental coatings. If the implant coatings degrade, Anastasia's body could get exposed to the toxicity of the PCBs, copper wire, and neodymium. "If I find that I have some kind of illness that requires regular MRIs, I would have all of my implants pulled out," she said.
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