MetaFilter posts tagged with ears

Modern Plastic Surgery

squalor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:10:04 -0800

Be a Music Faun Yourself. A sign of the popularity of this operation is that in big cities so-called Faun-Clubs are founded one after another, where entrance is only allowed with pointed ears. The reverberating success of this new look is supported by more and more celebrities with pointed ears, amongst whom we can find not only musicians, but, for example, models, as well. via

Seeing with Sound

Irontom — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 04:12:33 -0800

Seeing with sound.
A researcher in the Netherlands has developed a system that converts pictures from a head-mounted camera into highly complex soundscapes, which are then piped to the user via headphones. After only a week of use, a woman who has been blind from birth can tell a CD from a floppy, and discern whether the lights are on or off. Not quite up to either a bat and/or Daredevil standards, but very cool nonetheless.

Slip slidin' away...

debralee — Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:35:48 -0800

Ever had the urge to don a pair of tight pants, oil yourself up and grapple another man? Then you should head on over to the Kirkpinar Greased Wrestling Festival in Edirne, held each year at the end of June. But beware; the moves can be highly dirty and involve battering your opponent around the head, pulling their ears and even pushing your hand into your opponents shorts and squeezing their testicles. This sure isn't your father's wrasslin'!

john — Thu, 12 Oct 2000 10:49:12 -0800

The next time you someone with a finger in their ear they might be on the phone.