---
title: "This Transhumanist Implanted Magnet-Triggered LEDs Under Her Skin"
description: "Transhumanist Winter Mraz has modified her body with a number of implants, including a pair of LEDs that light up under a magnet."
date: "2019-10-08"
modified: "2019-10-08"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/transhumanist-implanted-magnet-triggered-leds"
categories:
  - "Health & Medicine"
  - "Prosthetics and Devices"
tags:
  - "cyborg"
  - "implants"
  - "the digest"
  - "transhumanism"
---

# This Transhumanist Implanted Magnet-Triggered LEDs Under Her Skin

![Transhumanist Winter Mraz has modified her body with a number of implants, including a pair of LEDs that light up under a magnet.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/transhumanist-implanted-magnet-triggered-leds.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image:  George P. Macklin/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Modern Cyborgs

The kneecap in transhumanist Winter Mraz's leg isn't the one she was born with — instead, it's a 3D-printed replica doctors created for her following a serious car crash.

Devices designed to address medical problems are the most common kind of [cyborg tech](<https://futurism.com/mad-scientist-mom-turns-autistic-son-cyborg>).

But a growing number of people, including Mraz herself, are taking it upon themselves to *voluntarily* enhance their bodies with technology — and sometimes for reasons that are more aesthetic than practical.

## Light It Up

*BBC Scotland'*s "The Nine" recently published a [fascinating new exploration](<https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07q74g4>) of modern transhumanism, talking to Mraz and others like her about their decisions to insert various bits of tech into their bodies.

Much of the tech appears to be useful — the radio-frequency-identification chip in Mraz's left hand, for example, unlocks her front door.

But when the [*BBC* asked](<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-49893869>) Mraz why she recently added two magnet-triggered LEDs to her growing collection of implants, the transhumanist admitted that she just liked the look of them. She told the outlet that "they are sparkly and I'm a magpie. I like things that light up."

## Body Mods 2.0

Indeed, people have been modifying their bodies for aesthetic reasons [for millenia](<https://blogs.uoregon.edu/harrisf13gateway/timeline/>), so it's not surprising that those modifications would evolve to include modern tech. And according to Mraz, we could see more implants — useful and otherwise — in the near future.

"I don't think implants are inevitable but I think they are getting better, longer-lasting, cooler and have more functionality," Mraz told the *BBC*. "It's going to be one more option people have."

**READ MORE:** [The Transhumanists Who Are 'Upgrading' Their Bodies](<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-49893869>) \[*BBC*\]

**More on transhumanists:** *["Mad Scientist" Mom Turns Autistic Son Into a "Cyborg"](<https://futurism.com/mad-scientist-mom-turns-autistic-son-cyborg>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)