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That's just plain gross. Period.
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If you only want to read gadget posts, then just skip it this post and be done with it. I will never understand you people.]]>May 16th 2007 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 16th 2007 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 16th 2007 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/]]>May 16th 2007 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 16th 2007 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 16th 2007 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 16th 2007 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/
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Wikipedia this guy though... he's done some pretty interesting stuff in the past. Notably, he was the first to be implanted with a pet tracking chip. He is literally listed in the tracking system as his own owner. Really, really cool statement about technology...]]>May 17th 2007 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/
At the Melbourne International Arts Festival he put samples of his blood and tissue along with that of another woman into a blender, and blended it for one minute every hour for two weeks (yes, that is pretty wierd)

We all got to see his ear up close, and it was exceedingly...wierd....he had videos of the surgery, as well as his other escapades with electricity, robots and hooks. In actualy fact, a bluetooth transmitter was implanted for a while, but the arm became infected, so it had to be taken out.....but he is still going on with the process getting more "definition" for that ear.]]>May 17th 2007 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/
What he does is push the limits of human/technological interaction.

He has created many interesting/cool robots and humans body extensions. One of which is a third arm that is controlled by himself. He then learnt to write out a word suing all 3 of his hands, at the same time.

Regarding the ear, has originally wanted to have it grow on his face, in front of one of his existing ears. He would have had to have travelled to a country with laxer medical standards, and decided not to for fear of severe complications. He decided to have it grown on his arm and was assisted by surgeons in America.

The process was first having a bag implanted in the spot where he wished to have the ear. He then injected it with saline solution over a period of time to expand the space, until it was large enough for his purposes.

An incision was made and a piece of framing was put into the space. It was made out a some sort of biological material so that his own cells would grow in it and consume it so that it would become truly his body's.

After the initial surgery, he had more work done on it to make it appear more life like. It was at this point that the bluetooth microphone was implanted.

Before his presentation at Uni, the ear became infected and the microphone had to be removed. This was soon before the presentation and he was only just recovering from the infection.

Throughout the entire presentation, I was asking myself what was the point of this? He has done other extreme things, such as suspending himself from fish hooks and being moved by a crane. ]]>May 17th 2007 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/
I think having no control over a extremely voluntary function is a bizarre notion at all, but this guy achieved it, and frankly it sort of excites me on some level.

He had several patches placed within his arm to create movement at a click of a button thousands of miles away in another country. Different parts of his arm were connected to different countries, therefore each country only having limited control, but as an overall effect it was brilliant. Total loss of control...

Then there was his idea of a tissue (as in human tissue) printer, where there were layers of cells placed upon a piece of material, which was printed out layer by layer, creating tissue, then muscle then the idea was to have an end result of an organ. This just totally blows my mind really.

Bizarre lecture all in all.]]>May 17th 2007 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/
Bet these guys are from production.]]>May 17th 2007 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/
I have a feeling that they are doing the same course and know each other.

Don't they have more important things to be doing?]]>May 17th 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/
Must make for great publicity tho - at very low cost (assuming you want to be mutilated and offer little to science or entertainment, IMO). ]]>May 17th 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 17th 2007 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/May 18th 2007 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/performance-artist-stelarc-implants-third-ear-in-forearm/
i can remember a number of years ago people were saying that we could graft and grow tails, wings etc all purely for aesthetics. And is this all too different to what has been happening for years with fashion and ritual? I mean, people tattoo, scar, pierce and place silicone into their body all for aestheetics. Some people create horns and bumps, so what's wrong with an ear?

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