Bizarre trend sees people transform themselves into glowing cyborgs

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A group of 'biohackers' in Germany has implanted LED lights under their skin.

The men each had a Northstar V1 chip - which is about the size of a large coin - implanted into their hands.

The chip features a ring of LED lights and is designed to be able to light up tattoos from beneath the skin, emulating the bioluminescence of jellyfish.

The 15 minute surgical procedure was offered by Pittsburgh-based Grindhouse Wetware which claims to use 'safe' technology to create cyborgs.

It was carried out by Swedish tattoo artist, Jowan Österlund, over the weekend at the German city's Cyborg Fair.

Tim Cannon created the chip and was one of the men to have the implant.

He did a similar thing two years ago, when he implanted the Circadia 1.0 computer chip – which is about the size of a cigarette packet – into his body. 

The sensor could connect wirelessly over Bluetooth to any Android device, produce readouts of the temperature changes, and send Cannon a text message.

Can you do this? Do you wanna be a glowing cyborg?

Daily Mail UK