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Post by Patrick on Apr 14, 2009 11:48:16 GMT
A man with three ears will appear at Edinburgh Napier University today to talk about his "extra" ear, which has been surgically implanted on to his forearm.
Australian performance artist Stelios Arcadiou, known as Stelarc, had the third ear created from cells in a lab in 2006. At the Edinburgh Science International Festival today, Stelarc will discuss his plans to install transmitters in his new ear, so people listen to what it is hearing online. He also hopes to grow a soft earlobe using his own stem cells.
The ear is made of human cartilage. Stelarc, who is visiting professor at Brunel University School of Arts, took 10 years to find a surgeon willing to perform the operation. He uses medical instruments, prosthetics, robotics, virtual reality and the internet in his work.
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Post by everso on Apr 15, 2009 22:30:04 GMT
Erk! That made me go all funny.
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Post by Flatypus on Apr 16, 2009 2:24:12 GMT
Reminds me of a sciene-fiction story where the old sailor's tattoo has upgraded to a graft of something with a mind of its own.
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Post by everso on Apr 16, 2009 13:23:15 GMT
Reminds me of a sciene-fiction story where the old sailor's tattoo has upgraded to a graft of something with a mind of its own. Oh don't! This kind of thing makes me shudder.
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Post by Patrick on Apr 16, 2009 15:56:05 GMT
There's the Roald Dahl one where the Married Man's Blind Mistress gets an eye transplant (when such things are possible) but owing to a little accident arranged by the husband - for his wife - the Mistress ends up with the Wife's eyes!
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