AN artist who is growing an ear out of his arm has revealed how he plans to connect it to the Internet so people can use it to listen to him.

    Australian oddball Stelarc said he wants to make the extra organ a porthole for people to listen in on his life, wherever they may be.

    The Curtin University professor, real name Stelios Arcadiou, originally came up with the idea for the ear back in 1996 and managed to convince a team of boffins to go ahead with it using his own tissue samples.

    Early attempts to install a microchip proved fruitless, but now the 69-year-old has announced plans to use his own stem cells to make the ear more three-dimensional so that the microchip can be put in without the possibility of infection, and then linked up to wireless Internet.

    He told ABC, “This ear is a remote listening device for people in other places.

    “They’ll be able to follow a conversation or hear the sounds of a concert, wherever I am, wherever you are.”(SD-Agencies)