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North Paw

Order | Assembly Instructions | Downloads

Assembled North Paw V1.6A North Paw is an anklet that tells the
wearer which way is North. The anklet holds eight cellphone vibrator
motors around your ankle. A control unit senses magnetic north and
turns on and off the motors. At any given time only one motor is on
and this motor is the closest to North. The skin senses the
vibration, and the wearer's brain learns to associate the vibration
with direction, giving the wearer an intuitive sense of which way is
North. Most people "get it" mere seconds after putting it on, and can
then reliably point north when asked.

What makes it way more awesome than a regular compass? Persistence.
With a regular compass the owner only knows the direction when he or
she checks it. With this compass, the information enters the wearer's
brain at a subconscious level, giving the wearer a true feeling of
absolute direction, rather than an intellectual knowledge as with a
regular compass.

Because of the plasticity of the brain, it has been shown that most
wearers gain a new sense of absolute direction, giving them a
superhuman ability to navigate their surroundings. The original idea
for North Paw comes from research done at University of Osnabruck in
Germany. In this study, rather than an anklet, the researchers used a
belt. They wore the belt non-stop for six weeks, and reported
successive stages of integration.

The North Paw kit comes with everything that you will need to build a
fully functional compass anklet. This includes a circuit board,
through-hole components, 8 pager motors, an enclosure, a battery
pack, and a comfortable fabric anklet to hold it all on your ankle.
Plus bragging rights after you finish building it, of course. Take a
look at the assembly instructions.

If you want to order a North Paw V2.0 kit, please check out the Order
page, where you'll get all the details.  Each North Paw V2.0 Kit
costs $149 (incl. the lithium polymer battery and integrated charger)
plus shipping and handling.

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the North Paw, such as details of any new versions we create, please
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