Dangerous Things is a
Seattle
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-based
cybernetic
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microchip
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biohacking implant retailer formed in 2013 by Amal Graafstra, following a
crowdfunding
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campaign.
Dangerous Things built the first personal publicly available implantable
NFC compliant transponder in 2013.
In September 2020, Dangerous Things began another highly successful crowdfunding campaign to realize the world's first titanium encased fully bio-compatible sensing magnet, named the Titan.
References
Companies based in Seattle
Bionics
Biotechnology companies of the United States
American companies established in 2013
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