Ashley Forrest

Status: Synchronized

Ashley
Forrest

I'm Ashley. I write about the hardware I carry inside my body - seven implants, what each one actually does day to day, and what it costs to live with them.

> hardware: 7 units installed
> all systems nominal
Ashley Forrest

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7 devices, one body. Here's the short version.

Flex UG4

Active
LOC: Right forearm

A highly versatile and flexible implant capable of emulating many different 13.56MHz chips, including Mifare Classic, Ultralight, and NTAG.

xEM

Active
LOC: Right hand

125kHz low-frequency RFID implant with a rewritable T5577 chip. It handles older door and gate systems that predate NFC, and can be rewritten to match a new site.

xG3 (Magnet)

Active
LOC: Left hand

The polarity of this xG3 magnet, set in the palm of my hand, lets me feel electromagnetic fields - live cables, motors, induction hobs - as a faint tug or vibration.

Apex Flex

Active
LOC: Left handINST: May 2026

Flexible secure-element implant running a JavaCard-style applet platform, so it can hold multiple applets at once - one-time passcodes, cryptographic keys, and, on this unit, a working contactless payment applet.