Laura Mallonee

Hannes Wiedemann - Grinders

  • Shawn Sarver sits in the Grindhouse Wetware basement lab near Pittsburgh.
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    Shawn Sarver sits in the Grindhouse Wetware basement lab near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • A grinder named Amanda lies in a chair after receiving a magnet implant in her tragus in Tehachapi California.
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    A grinder named Amanda lies in a chair after receiving a magnet implant in her tragus in Tehachapi, California.
  • Grinders create plasma using a microwave oven transformer an electrode and an orange.
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    Grinders create plasma using a microwave oven transformer, an electrode, and an orange near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • A man receives a North Star 1.0 implant in his arm.
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    A man receives a "north star 1.0" implant in his arm in Düsseldorf, Germany.
  • Objects line a shelf the California garage laboratory of a grinder.
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    Objects line the shelves of a garage laboratory in California.
  • Jeffrey Tibbetts who also goes by 'Cassox' prepares for an implantation session in his garage in Tehachapi California....
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    Jeffrey Tibbetts, who also goes by 'Cassox,' washes his hands before an implant session in his garage in Tehachapi, California.
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    Grinders watch as a man gets a magnet implanted in his tragus in Tehachapi, California.
  • A man holds his arm up after getting a North Star 1.0 implant.
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    A man's arm after the "north star 1.0" implant in Düsseldorf, Germany.
  • A group of grinders in Tehachapi California experiment with body capacitance.
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    A group of grinders in Tehachapi, California experiment with body capacitance.
  • A grinder receives a fingertip magnet implant in Tehachapi California.
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    A grinder receives a fingertip magnet implant in Tehachapi, California.
  • A panoply of objects—anatomical illustrations aquariums and pliers—litter a garage lab in Tehachapi California.
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    Anatomical illustrations, aquariums, and pliers litter a garage lab in Tehachapi, California.
  • A grinder tests a prototype for a new implant.
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    A grinder tests a prototype for a new implant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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