# implant (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover implant. Page: Feed: --- ## [You Need To Start Approaching Beautiful Women](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/you-need-to-start-approaching-beautiful) _2026-08-20 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ Because no one else will. ## [11 Beauty Rituals Supermodels Swear By](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/11-beauty-rituals-supermodels-swear) _2026-08-19 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ Ever wonder how supermodels keep themselves looking so good? These are the beauty rituals they actually swear by. ## [How to Dress Like a French Girl in 2026](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/how-to-dress-like-a-french-girl-in) _2026-08-18 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ French fashion is never not having a moment, and its poster girls are eternal icons. This is how they're doing elite style in 2026. ## [Feminism's New Glass Ceiling](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/feminisms-new-glass-ceiling) _2026-08-18 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ I've seen this movie. There's a full-court press on women who refuse to stay on script. ## [The Misguided Celebration of Ugliness](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/the-misguided-celebration-of-ugliness) _2026-08-17 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ As we lose sight of beauty as a fundamental human need, the world has grown uglier and we have grown suspicious of beauty itself. Our virtue signaling hasn't changed our revealed preferences. ## [Beauty Standards Around The World: England](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/beauty-standards-around-the-world-70d) _2026-08-16 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ What is the "English Rose" and how does England's beauty standards stack up against the rest of the world? ## [How to Dress Like Kaia Gerber in "The Shards"](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/how-to-dress-like-kaia-gerber-in) _2026-08-15 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ Kaia Gerber's character, Susan Reynolds, has an '80s wardrobe we'd happily steal today. Here's how to recreate some of her best looks. ## [My Breast Implants Almost Killed Me](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/my-breast-implants-almost-killed) _2026-08-15 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ I spent two years and thousands of dollars getting my breast implants out. The hole was exactly where I'd been pointing the whole time. ## [Free Egg Freezing Sounds Like a Dream. The Fine Print Is Your Future Children.](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/free-egg-freezing-sounds-like-a-dream) _2026-08-14 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ Amid speculation about a 2028 presidential run, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to make headlines. ## [How to Dress Like Ella Langley](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/how-to-dress-like-ella-langley) _2026-08-13 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ Ella Langley has been making headlines for her record-breaking hit single "Choosin' Texas." ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yCT8PPJDU9IH) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [My Breast Implants Made Me More Insecure, Not Less](https://eviemagazine.substack.com/p/my-breast-implants-made-me-more-insecure) _2026-08-12 · Evie Magazine · Evie Magazine_ I was under the impression that my implants and DD cup size would drastically alter the way the world saw me. ## [The history of RF-powered and inductive pacemakers](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/07/26/the-history-of-rf-powered-and-inductive-pacemakers/) _2026-07-26 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ I’m happy to share that a paper I coauthored with Daniel Villamil, “The Forgotten History of Semi-Implanted Radiofrequency- and Inductive-Powered Cardiac Pacing Systems,” has been published online in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE). The paper explores an often overlooked chapter in pacemaker history. These systems transferred energy across intact skin to a small and remarkably \[ \] ## [Atacor announced first patient enrollment in ALARION-EV study](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/07/13/atacor-announced-first-patient-enrollment-in-alarion-ev-study/) _2026-07-13 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ AtaCor Medical, Inc., a privately-held medical device company, announced the enrollment of the first patient in the ALARION-EV study to evaluate its Atala™ parasternal extravascular lead with an Abbott implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (EV-ICD). The Atala™ lead is implanted through a small left parasternal incision, with the lead positioned through a rib space and electrodes… ## [Biotronik performs first US implant of LivIQ leadless pacemaker](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/06/15/biotronik-performs-first-us-implant-of-liviq-leadless-pacemaker/) _2026-06-15 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ On June 8, 2026, Biotronik announced the first U.S. implant of its LivIQ leadless pacemaker as part of the BIO-LivIQ global pivotal clinical trial. The device uses a novel far-field sensing scheme to electrically detect atrial activity and thus enable a single-device VDD mode. According to Biotronik, this sensing approach supports AV synchrony across a \[ \] ## [Mobia Medical (previously MicroTransponder) plans IPO](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/05/06/mobia-medical-previously-microtransponder-plans-ipo/) _2026-05-06 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ MicroTransponder (now renamed Mobia Medical) developed the Vivistim™ system intended for the treatment of stroke. The implant is based on the idea that synchronizing vagus nerve stimulation with movement increases neural plasticity in the brain, resulting in enhanced recovery. In May 2017 MicroTransponder presented results from its Vivistim™ Stroke Rehabilitation trial. The objective… ## [MeshCore Management with RemoteTerm and Seeed XIAO ESP32S3 & SX1262](https://jacksbrain.com/2026/04/meshcore-management-remoteterm-seeed-xiao-esp32s2-sx1262/) _2026-04-28 · Jack's Brain_ MeshCore is a peer-to-peer encrypted mesh radio communications system. It runs on inexpensive hardware and operates in license-free sub-GHz bands worldwide. MeshCore radios (called “companions”) require an interface to send and receive messages. Most commonly, people use one of the available mobile apps, but this requires physical proximity to the radio for Bluetooth or Serial… ## [The Evolution of Pacemaker Power: A Historical Device Display at HRS 2026](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/04/27/the-evolution-of-pacemaker-power-a-historical-device-display-at-hrs-2026/) _2026-04-27 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ The historical device display at HRS received a wonderful reception, and I am grateful to everyone who stopped by to look, ask questions, and share memories. Together with Dr. James Ong, Dr. Jason Jacobs, and Dr. Aileen Ferrick, I had the privilege of curating a display centered on the evolution of power sources used for \[ \] ## [AIMD 2026 Workshop – Full Program Published. Registrations still available](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/04/27/aimd-2026-workshop-full-program-published-registrations-still-available/) _2026-04-27 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ The 2026 AIMD Workshop is coming up soon in Delft, and the full program is now available. It is packed with interesting talks and sessions. You can view the full program here: AIMD Workshop 2026 Program Overview. Registration is still open through the official Registration Page. Looking forward to seeing you there! ## [Epia Neuro’s implantable BCI for post-stroke hand rehabilitation](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/04/13/epia-neuros-implantable-bci-for-post-stroke-hand-rehabilitation/) _2026-04-13 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ Epia Neuro is a San Francisco brain-computer interface company that came out of stealth in early April 2026. It is focused on restoring function for people with neurological conditions, starting with post-stroke motor impairment and later expanding to areas such as cognitive decline and other neurologic disorders. The company describe it as building “intent-driven” neurotechnology \[ \] ## [Relief Cardiovascular’s IVC flow modulation for HF treatment](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/04/13/relief-cardiovasculars-ivc-flow-modulation-for-hf-treatment/) _2026-04-13 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ Relief Cardiovascular is a private early-stage company founded in 2022 and focused on transcatheter implants for heart-failure congestion, especially volume-overload and diuretic-resistant disease. It is backed by cardiovascular-focused investors including Broadview Ventures, Advent Life Sciences, Good Growth Capital, and Heartwork Capital. The company’s lead product is the RELIEF System, which it… ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0cn9lO8NbJmU) _2026-04-13 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Print version of: Pioneering Rhythm Management: A Design Analysis of the Earliest Battery-Powered Implantable Pacemakers](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/04/02/print-version-of-pioneering-rhythm-management-a-design-analysis-of-the-earliest-battery-powered-implantable-pacemakers/) _2026-04-02 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ I’m pleased to share that our paper has now been published in PACE: “Pioneering Rhythm Management: A Design Analysis of the Earliest Battery-Powered Implantable Pacemakers.” Over the past year, my colleague Daniel Villamil and I have pursued this as a hobby project, combining historical research with hands-on engineering. We analyze the earliest battery-powered implantable pacemakers \[ \] ## [History: The General Electric A2074AA Pacing Pulse Sensor (ca. 1973)](https://www.implantable-device.com/2026/03/31/history-the-general-electric-a2074aa-pacing-pulse-sensor-ca-1973/) _2026-03-31 · David Prutchi · The World of Implantable Devices_ While curating HRS’ device collection, Dr. James Ong found this curious artifact. We tried looking for information about it online but came empty handed, so I decided to investigate further Here are my findings: Prutchi 2026 General Electric A2074AA Pulse Sensor ## [A Hitchhiker's Guide to MeshCore Cryptography](https://jacksbrain.com/2026/01/a-hitchhiker-s-guide-to-meshcore-cryptography/) _2026-01-21 · Jack's Brain_ I’ve been playing around a lot with MeshCore , a peer-to-peer, encrypted, routed radio network run by average citizens using LoRa modulation in unlicensed sub-gig bands (902-927MHz ISM band in the US). It’s very similar to Meshtastic, but a lot less chatty (pull-not-push messaging, with conservative advertisement intervals), and thus a lot more reliable at passing messages (although… ## ['My Body Is My Passport; Verify Me': FIDO Auth via Subdermal JavaCard Platform](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/11/my-body-is-my-passport-verify-me-fido-auth-via-subdermal-javacard-platform/) _2025-11-16 · Jack's Brain_ An Uncomfortable Scenario You’re in a foreign country, and you’ve been mugged 1 , completely — you’ve got the clothes on your back, and nothing more. Maybe you beg a phone call from someone to get in touch with a loved one to wire you some money. You’ve now got enough to buy a basic phone and use wifi to access Dropbox or Google to get at important papers, password manager… ## [A Writer Deck (Self-contained baby computer)](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/10/a-writer-deck-self-contained-baby-computer/) _2025-10-12 · Jack's Brain_ I love me a typewriter. They’re gorgeous, mechanical works of art. Sadly, they’re loud, and I’m just not as fast on them as a keyboard. So, I made a “Writer Deck,” a subspecies of cyberdeck , the science-fiction-spawned concept of a small, self contained compute device that’s hyper-portable and often kept on one’s person. Writer decks deemphasize general… ## [Recent Projects](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/08/recent-projects/) _2025-08-29 · Jack's Brain_ ohai. Been a minute. The brain hasn’t been braining very well lately from a health perspective but we ball. I’ll do a more full post on it sometime soon, but I’ve been having fun with a Docker-contained VNC honeypot . @Xtrato did something similar but I wanted something that I could blow away easily and that was slightly (as barely as Docker is) more isolated. It’s been a… ## [Added a frame](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/06/added-a-frame/) _2025-06-10 · Jack's Brain_ And boy that came out well 😍😍😍 Conway’s Game of Life LED matrix with frame ## [Is Microsoft Narrator on Windows XP Saying "Pothole"?](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/06/is-microsoft-narrator-on-windows-xp-saying-pothole/) _2025-06-02 · Jack's Brain_ TL;DR No. I swore Narrator on Windows XP was saying “pothole,” as in “pothole start” and “pothole menu end” – maybe even something closer to “pothole-p” with a plosive at the end. I finally got fedup and cracked open an XP VM and ResHacker, and sure enough, it’s saying “popup” with the world’s worst diction. What I… ## [Conway's Game of Life on a Pixel Matrix](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/06/conway-s-game-of-life-on-a-pixel-matrix/) _2025-06-02 · Jack's Brain_ Always wanted to build one of these and now I have! This is a more frenetic color-demo mode, but my goodness I love it so much. The video doesn’t do the colors justice; they’re so vibrant. Sadly my phone struggles with the refresh rate of the board, but there’s no tearing in person. ## [Longevity-Optimized Conway's Game of Life Fill Density for Square Wrap-Around Boards](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/06/longevity-optimized-conway-s-game-of-life-fill-density-for-square-wrap-around-boards/) _2025-06-02 · Jack's Brain_ This weekend I set out to build a 64x64 LED matrix version of Conway’s Game of Life . For compute’s sake, the board would be wrap-around i.e. on a torus. I wanted each set of generations to run for as long as possible until stagnancy and reset, so I wrote an analysis script to determine what alive-percentage for a random fill would be optimal to keep the game going as long as possible. ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BhlZbnJOp1c3) _2025-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [RFC865 QotD/Cookie Server for DHCP Option 8](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/03/rfc865-qotd-cookie-server/) _2025-03-26 · Jack's Brain_ I scoured the web for an easy-run RFC865 Cookie/QotD server that I could throw into my Docker host and serve a proper DHCP Option 8 on my home network, but none existed so I vibe coded one. Now, my home network can vibe out like it’s 1983. Open source as always , I wrote a version that spits out a generic 8-ball fortune ( Outlook good , My sources say no , etc.) as well as one that does a… ## [Borromean Möbius Ouroboros](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/03/borromean-mobius-ouroboros/) _2025-03-17 · Jack's Brain_ Well, turns out this design (an ouroboros twisted to form a Möbius loop , interlocked with two others into Borromean Rings ) doesn’t really exist on the internet as far as I can tell. I can find ouroboros as Möbius loop, and I can find ouroboros arranged as Borromean rings, but not all three. For a project I’m doing, I commissioned some! I didn’t end up using them for what I was… ## [Fidget Spinner Icosahedron](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/01/fidget-icosahedron/) _2025-01-27 · Jack's Brain_ Help I’ve fallen down a well \[and it’s filled with regular solids\]. Couldn’t shake it out of my mind so I made another spinner, this time with an icosahedron. Haven’t printed it yet but my shipment of 100 bearings just got in so it’s time to warm the printer up. Check it out again on Thingiverse . ## [Fidget Spinner Dodecahedron](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/01/fidget-dodecahedron/) _2025-01-26 · Jack's Brain_ I was shocked to not find any fidget regular solids floating around the 3D printing/maker spaces, so I made one, open source and parametric using OpenSCAD. Check it out on Thingiverse . ## [MileTime.me (and happy new year!)](https://jacksbrain.com/2025/01/miletimeme/) _2025-01-11 · Jack's Brain_ Happy New Year!! Today I ran the longest distance I ever have in my life (10km). Lately, I’ve been super frustrated by the lack of good pace/mile time/min-per-km charts and calculators floating around, so I made my own. Check out https://miletime.me to see the new app I made to make this fast and easy for me. ## [Whoops! (apologies to my RSS subscribers)](https://jacksbrain.com/2024/12/apologies-rss-readers/) _2024-12-06 · Jack's Brain_ Welp, with the faster site came an unexpected change in how my RSS feed renders, resulting in subscribers getting a LOT of emails. My apologies! All should be resolved now. ## [...and time for a new site!](https://jacksbrain.com/2024/12/time-for-a-new-site/) _2024-12-03 · Jack's Brain_ And in keeping with new things for the upcoming new year, a site redesign! Long overdue to get off wordpress and onto something static and quick that doesn’t take eight to ten business days to load. All the same posts, 1% of the upkeep, and 500% speed! :D ## [About Jack Kingsman](https://jacksbrain.com/about/) _2024-11-30 · Jack's Brain_ Hiking the Accursed Mountains in Valbonë, Albania Howdy! I’m Jack Kingsman, an SRE, developer, and serial hobbyist. I live in Seattle with my partner and work at Atlassian as a Senior SRE on the Atlassian Analytics platform. I really, really love computers. Bringing joy to others using technology is my highest passion, whether with fun side projects like Nobody.live , or with my day job,… ## [Cyborg Implants](https://jacksbrain.com/implants/) _2024-11-30 · Jack's Brain_ Three of my four current implants. What? Extending the body’s senses and communication into the electromagnetic spectrum is awesome. I’ve had implanted in my body: a subdermal magnet, providing tactile perception of magnetic fields (implanted 2014; removed due to bioisolating coating failure in 2019). Read about and watch my self-implantation here . an NFC NTAG216 RFID chip, currently… ## [Keys](https://jacksbrain.com/keys/) _2024-11-30 · Jack's Brain_ My PGP identity is verifiable at Keybase , where my GitHub profile is verified, and my SSH key can be further confirmed. SSH ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILDDULC1LD04Hss//MwUXumtJE0YiH1IrioRDly/jack Jack Kingsman \ PGP curl -sSL https://jacksbrain.com/jackkingsman.asc | gpg --import - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----… ## [Time for new keys!](https://jacksbrain.com/2024/11/time-for-new-keys/) _2024-11-22 · Jack's Brain_ I’m updating my public SSH key; it’s long overdue to step out of the dark ages and move to ED25519. My new key: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILDDULC1LD04Hss//MwUXumtJE0YiH1IrioRDly/jack And yes, I worked very hard for those last five letters. Below is a PGP signed message attesting to this change, including an identifying comment. Keys for validation can be found on… ## [skrimp.lol](https://jacksbrain.com/2024/11/skrimp-lol/) _2024-11-01 · Jack's Brain_ I had too much time on my hands after work today and yesterday, so I made this silly site to celebrate my new shromps. https://skrimp.lol There’s nothing more to it, except that the shrimp dances faster each time you tap/click it. skrimp. lol. ## [SKRIMP](https://jacksbrain.com/2024/10/skrimp/) _2024-11-01 · Jack's Brain_ ## [The tank is set up!](https://jacksbrain.com/2024/10/the-tank-is-set-up/) _2024-11-01 · Jack's Brain_ And the tetrapods and gabions look great , even if the round jar makes the cube looks like it’s melting haha. Yay shrimp! ## [Parametric Tetrapod in OpenSCAD](https://jacksbrain.com/2024/10/parametric-tetrapod-in-openscad/) _2024-10-25 · Jack's Brain_ I’m starting a new shrimp tank soon and I want to fill it with hollow tetrapods, commonly used for reenforcing shorelines. Their stable, interlocking shape combined with oblique surfaces for dispersing wave energy is idea. I just think they look cool, and think a carpet of them in a shrimp tank is both very aquatic (I see these all over shorelines I love). Tetrapods in Latvia. by \[Andrzej… ## [Finally up and running with Raspberry Pi TinyLibrary](https://jacksbrain.com/2024/09/finally-up-and-running-with-raspberry-pi-tinylibrary/) _2024-09-23 · Jack's Brain_ I was pleased with my last post on getting TinyLibrary up and running on an ESP32 (and WOOOO got a PR accepted to the ESP-IDF codebase for the standard ESP32 firmware for DHCP option 114 ), but really wanted something with some more RF and speed oomph. I worked on an off for a while to get a captive portal + DNS + DHCP working on Ubuntu 24 on a RasPi Zero 2W but kept getting blocked by random…