A view of the cochlear implant
A view of the cochlear implant to be surgically placed on 6-year-old deaf, dumb child, Dan Villablanca Vega, at the Naval Hospital in Vina del Mar, 112 kms west of Santiago, December 4, 2004. Dan is one of 30 deaf children that have benefited from the Chilean Navy's program that offers the possibility of hearing for the first time through the latest technology in cochlear implants. The treatment, which includes screening candidates, the operation to place the implant and guidance during the process of learning to speak and recognize sounds, is performed by the Navy at a cost to the family of just the implant, imported from Austria, and surgical supplies. Picture taken December 4, 2004. Reuters

A Perth-based artist called Stelarc currently grows an implanted human ear on his arm which came from his conceived idea back in 1996. Stelarc, a professor at Curtin University, recently opened up on what it was like to have an ear on his arm and the upcoming plans for his unique body modification project.

Stelarc, whose real name is Stelios Arcadiou, has revealed in an interview what his next plans are for the implanted human ear on his arm, according to a report from Mirror. Stelarc, 69, declared he will use his own stem cells to make the implanted ear on his arm more three dimensional.

The modification will allow a microchip to be placed in the ear without the risk of infection and eventually link the ear up to the wireless Internet. Stelarc explained to ABC News that the implanted ear on his arm is a remote listening device for the people who are in other places.

Stelarc, who is a professor and head of the Alternate Anatomies Laboratory at Curtin University in Western Australia, claims the implanted ear on his arm will be able to follow a conversation, hear the sounds from a concert and track through Global Positioning System (GPS).

Stelarc also shared in the report that the reactions from people, who see the ear fixed to his arm, range from confusion to curiosity.

“I guess I've always got something up my sleeve, but often my sleeve is rolled down,” Stelarc stated in the ABC News report.

Furthermore, Stelarc explained that his ear project was a sign of the things to come since people nowadays are becoming Internet portals to a greater extent.

“Imagine if I could hear with the ears of someone in New York, imagine if I at the same time could see with the eyes of someone in London,” Stelarc told ABC News.

When asked about his privacy, Stelarc hoped the microphone will stay on all the time because the idea of his project is to actually keep the implanted ear online 24/7. The test on the microphone has been carried out effectively. However, the device had to be removed because of an infection.

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