Tim Cannon becomes the first human to implant technology into his body. He calls himself a "biohacker" after implanting a big electronic chip beneath the skin of his arm.

Using a device which they dubbed as Circadia 1.0, built by a Pittsburgh-based firm Grindhouse Wetware where Cannon works as a software developer, he worked with a team of piercing and tattoo specialists to have the battery-powered device implanted beneath his skin. The procedure was done with no anesthesia and used only ice to decrease the pain. He tried to get a doctor for a surgery but was refused so he ended up with this team.

The device is designed to capture data from Cannon's body and send it to any Android mobile device. While there are existing wearable devices that can serve the same purpose, the implant is still better as it allows the user to control the data collected by the device.

Steve Haworth conducted the surgery for Cannon. He specializes on 3D tattoos and the metal Mohawk. He was convinced to do the surgery after Cannon assured him that they can use ice as anesthesia.

Cannon considered the procedure a dream come true as he wanted to be a cyborg when he was young. "Ever since I was a kid, I've been telling people that I want to be a robot," Cannon told The Verge. "These days, that doesn't seem so impossible anymore."

Cannon's team is now working on further improving the device. They are also working on a pulse monitoring device and have made the implant smaller than what Cannon had to make it more user-friendly.

"We have been working on the Circadia Chip for 18 months, needing only a fraction of the costs that big companies would use for this," Cannon told Motherboard. "The same will go for our next projects and an artificial heart is a goal for us for the next decade."

Cannon also mentioned that they are planning to sell Circadia 1.0 for about $500 in the next few months. Haworth said the surgery would cost $200.

Here is a video of the Motherboard documentation of Tim Cannon procedure.