The first radio implant was a nice and handy mock-up. Recently, I reconsidered different ways of improving it and also making it work. It received an additional leg (the one coming out of a germanium diode) and is even smaller. But most importantly—it picks up radio signal. It is fixed tuned to 1073kHz (in London you'd hear talkSport radio on these wavelengths). With an amp, antenna and ground it is possible to listen to it using standard headphones.
I am planning to build one hundred of these working radio implants and give them as a reward to people who decide to give me feedback on my project. It will be an unusual opportunity to take away a piece of work shown in the gallery and also a small memento reminding of what my project is about—the emerging end of our hearing.
