May 18, 2007
I've got you under my skin.
Posted by apostropher
Can you hear me now?
Picking up where the Vacanti mouse left off, Australian performance artist Stelarc went through with his plans to implant a cell-cultivated ear beneath the skin of his forearm earlier this year, and he's now showing off the results for the world to squirm at. Stelarc apparently isn't satisfied with his newfound appendage just yet, however, and is reportedly planning another surgery to give the ear "more definition." What's more, he's also hoping to implant a microphone inside the ear that'll use a Bluetooth transmitter to, you guessed it, broadcast what it hears over the Internet.
More of Stelarc's work is, of course, at his website.
1
You can't put your elbow in your ear, but now you can put an ear in your elbow.
2
I've always been a supporter of the right to ear arms.
3
Dude, this guy is going to win so many bar bets, e.g., "I bet you $100 I can lick my ear."
