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Neurowear is a gadget project organization in Japan founded on the concept of the "Augmented Human Body". [1] The group's first project, known as Necomimi (from nekomimi (猫耳, "cat ear(s)")) is a headband with a brain wave sensor and motorized cat shaped ears programmed to turn up or down based on the wearer's electroencephalogram (electrical potentials recorded at the scalp) influenced by ...
Ear piercing – the most common type of body modification; Pearling – also known as genital beading; Neck ring – multiple neck rings or spiral are worn to give the effect of stretching the neck (in reality lowering the collarbones) [1] Tattooing – injection of a pigment under the skin; Teeth blackening [2]
Boxers, showing natural and cropped ears A Doberman Pinscher puppy with its ears taped to train them into the desired shape and carriage after cropping. Cropping is the removal of part or all of the external flaps of an animal's ear. The procedure sometimes involves bracing and taping the remainder of the ears to train them to point upright.
Ear shaping is the process of altering the shape of the human ear(s) as a body modification practice, often resulting in a non-human appearance. The medical procedure via which ears are reshaped to give a normal appearance is known as otoplasty. Ear shaping is usually performed by body modification artists.
Stalking Cat (born Dennis Avner; August 27, 1958 – November 5, 2012) [1] was an American man known for his extensive body modifications, which were intended to increase his resemblance to a tiger. [2]
This is a list of catgirls and catboys — characters with cat traits, such as cat ears, a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. The list excludes anthropomorphic cats (e.g. Hello Kitty , Top Cat , The Cat in the Hat ), humans dressed in cat costumes , and characters that fully transform between cat and human and ...
Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance. [1] In its broadest definition it includes skin tattooing, socially acceptable decoration (e.g., common ear piercing in many societies), and religious rites of passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of cultures), as well as the modern primitive movement.
The muscles connected to the ears of a human do not develop enough to have the same mobility allowed to monkeys. Arrows show the vestigial structure called Darwin's tubercle . In the context of human evolution , vestigiality involves those traits occurring in humans that have lost all or most of their original function through evolution .