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How very interesting - I would find north to be unhelpful as it's not intrinsically relevant to me. compared to say - which direction my house is from here.
Can you use sun or shadow based heuristics? (the sun rises in the east and sets in the west - give or take a correction factor for how far towards the poles you are). And maybe note the direction of a few star signs for night-time. cloudy-time is a bit harder to manage.
There are probably compass devices you can probably get as a bracelet. as an example http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Tactical-WRIST-COMPASS-Military-Outdoor-Survival-Watch-Strap-Band-Bracelet-/121644526398?hash=item1c52942b3e Try camping stores also for similar devices? There is probably a watch with a built in compass.
To my knowledge there are no internal-magnet systems that impart a north-knowledge by having them inside your body.
I have a natural sense of direction (I assume nearly everyone does) can you train yours?
Thanks for such an extensive answer. I can orient myself using Sun, so outdoors it's not really a problem. I could use watch, but I find it rather intrusive as well and it doesn't feed the data -- I have to look at it to get information.
This is useful.
I am imagining the creation of such a device; it seems to be a tricky one. most compasses work on a needle-like object being able to float in the direction of the earth's magnetic field. So to make something like that which can be used internal to the body and provide feedback about where it is; seems difficult.
I have been wearing a magnetic ring for several weeks and plan to write about my experiences, but essentially it would also not do what you want it to do.
North paw is the only thing I can think of. I can suggest more wearable devices but they require you to access them. I wonder if you could wear something near your ear that could somehow hint at which way it was facing (possibly with sound) or something in your mouth. Part of the problem is that we don't have a lot of methods of finding magnetic north. its basically just using needles or magnets.