MAN GROWS EAR OUT OF HIS ARM, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHY

Australian artist Stelarc has grown an ear on his arm for a rather unusual purpose

It took 20 year for Stelios Arcadiou to find a medical team willing to build an ear on his arm which will be connected to the Internet so people can use it to listen to him. The experiment started with implanting a scaffold underneath his skin and within half a year, tissue and blood vessels developed.

The next stage is to make it three-dimensional by lifting it up off the arm and growing an ear lobe from Stelarc’s stem cells. And the final step includes inserting a miniature microphone that can connect wireless to the internet. The previous attempt was not successful as the microphone became infected and had to be removed.

The next stage is to make it three-dimensional by lifting it up off the arm and growing an ear lobe from Stelarc’s stem cells

Commenting on his decision the eccentric artist said: “People’s reactions range from bemusement to bewilderment to curiosity, but you don’t really expect people to understand the art component of all of this. I guess I’ve always got something up my sleeve, but often my sleeve is rolled down.

This ear is not for me, I’ve got two good ears to hear with. This ear is a remote listening device for people in other places. They’ll be able to follow a conversation or hear the sounds of a concert, wherever I am, wherever you are.”

Wherther this crazy experiment be crowned with success or not we will see and probably hear in several months

Whether this crazy experiment be crowned with success or not we will see and probably hear in a couple of months!