Bionic stomach

The first time I saw the 2008 Iron Man movie, I was in awe about the Arc-Reactor on Tony Stark chest. I though this would look nice on me, so I asked the Author to get me one for my birthday.

Since I already had a pre-scheduled surgery planned for the following month (Feb 2018) for lower stomach enhancement, it was decided to include the Arc Reactor implant.

 

The "Arc-reactor" actually consists of a Neo-Pixel ring. A loop band of color LEDs controlled by a micro-controller board (Arduino Uno), which is in turn controlled by the robotic wifi interface.. Once the micro-controller board is loaded with the desired firmware, all it takes is a simple command from the host computer to activate colorful light show on the LED ring.  

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The Arc Reactor implant was the easy part. This could have been performed as a simple day surgery.

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The true surgical prowess was the lower stomach implant which included the combination of stomach, spine, and back surgical procedures all at once. It took weeks to complete the full highly specialized procedures while I remained under constant anesthesia the whole time. This operation was of most importance for the preparation to the upcoming legs transplant.  

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Down to technicality, two servo motors, one pushing while the other one is pulling, or vice versa allow the lower stomach to tilt left or right. Due to the heavy weight above the stomach, the rotation movement pivot around ball bearing mechanism. 

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All in all, the surgery went well, and I was a very happy robot.

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Do you think the new Arc-Reactor makes me look fat ?

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