<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">It is for wiring up to a person - me. ;-) I am also a bit concerned about liability issues which is why i will only be using it on myself - at least initially.<div><br></div><div>Using an existing one is a possibility - ideally if I could find an OEM kit from a company that makes them I would try that. No luck yet though</div><div><br></div><div>I am very aware of Stelarc's work (it's one of the links I posted in the original e-mail)</div><div><br></div><div>-Carlos</div><div><br><div><div><div>On Jan 13, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Christopher Prosser wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Is this for wiring up to a living being?<br><br>You probably want to rewire an existing one if at all possible. It would suck to injure someone... I would love to help. But due to liability issues (I like my house ;) ) I'm going to pass.<br> <br>Have you seen the work done by Stelarc with an internet controlled stim unit?<br><br>-c<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Carlos Castellanos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carlos@ccastellanos.com">carlos@ccastellanos.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Greetings,<br> <br> I need to build a computer controlled muscle stimulator - something similar to a TENS unit but more customizable. I need to control it via Max/MSP and/or Java (a simple rs-232 connection should be enough)<br> <br> Please email me if you are interested and we can discuss.<br> <br> Here are some references so you have an idea what I'm talking about:<br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcutaneous_Electrical_Nerve_Stimulator" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcutaneous_Electrical_Nerve_Stimulator</a><br> <a href="http://www.painstation.de/new/" target="_blank">http://www.painstation.de/new/</a><br> <a href="http://stelarc.va.com.au/pingbody/index.html" target="_blank">http://stelarc.va.com.au/pingbody/index.html</a><br> <br> Thanks,<br> -Carlos<br> ........................................................................<br> .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity..........<br> ..........................<a href="http://dorkbot.org." target="_blank">http://dorkbot.org.</a>...........................<br> ........................................................................<br> </blockquote></div><br> ........................................................................<br>.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity..........<br>..........................<a href="http://dorkbot.org">http://dorkbot.org</a>............................<br>........................................................................</blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>