Artist Stelios Arcadiou has had the ear created in a lab from cells and implanted into his skinPerformance artists are known for pushing the bounderies, but one Australian has astonished his contemporaries by having a third ear implanted onto his arm.
The Cypriot-born eccentric Stelios Arcadious spent 10 years searching for a surgeon willing to perform the controversial operation.
He got his wish after working as a Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University's Digital Research Unit. The ear was grown in a lab from cells and implanted into the 61-year-olds left forearm in 2006."The last operation was in September 2006 and its only now that I'm about ready for the next step.
"I hope to have a tiny microphone implanted to it that will connect with a bluetooth transmitter; that way you can listen to what my ear is hearing."
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This Peter Boyle look-a-like watched "Young Frankenstein" too many times...
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