This Man Is Growing A Third Ear From His Arm, You Won’t Believe Why!

Australian performance artist Stelarc
has two functioning ears, but he’s
growing a third ear on his arm.
Why?
It’s all in the name of art. The
process involved a complicated
surgery; first the ear was constructed
from a bio-compatible material then
transplanted under the skin on
Stelarc’s arm.

Within six months the tissue and
blood vessels in his arm morphed
with the material. The artist
explained his future plans for this
new ear to OddityCentral:
“He plans to make it more three-
dimensional by using his own stem
cells to develop a proper external ear
lobe. Then, he wants to implant a
Wi-Fi enabled microphone in it. The
mic will be permanently activated,
so people from around the world can
‘tune in’ to him and listen to
whatever he’s hearing.”
CNN reports that this is not the
award-winning artist’s first attempt
at fusing human physiology with
technology, “He has long used his
own body to explore people’s
changing relationship with
technology, from putting cameras in
his lungs, colon and stomach,
performing with a third hand and
having himself hung nak*d from a
ceiling with hooks.”
Stelarc explains that the he has
particular interest in the idea of
cyborgs, he told CNN, “What it means
to be human will not be determined
any longer merely by your biological
structure but perhaps also
determined largely by all of the
technology that’s plugged or inserted
into you.”