Teledildonics
Teledildonics (also known as "cyberdildonics") is real or fictional technology for remote sex (or, at least, remote mutual masturbation), where tactile sensations are communicated over a data link between the participants. The term can also refer to the integration of telepresence with sexual activity that these interfaces make possible — the term was coined in 1975 by Ted Nelson[1] in his book Computer Lib / Dream Machines.
The term has also been used less accurately (since there's no "tele-" element) to refer to robotic sex, i.e. computer controlled sex toys that aim to substitute for or improve upon sex with a human partner.[2][3] Promoters of these devices have claimed since the 1980s they are the "next big thing" in cybersex technology.[4] A report in the Chicago Tribune in 1993 suggested that teledildonics was "the virtual-reality technology that may one day allow people wearing special bodysuits, headgear and gloves to engage in tactile sexual relations from separate, remote locations via computers connected to phone lines."[5]
Sex toys that can be manipulated remotely by another party are currently coming onto the market.[6] These toys sometimes come with movies to which the toys' actions are synchronized by means of a previously-written script. Other products being released fit a new category called bluedildonics, which allow a sex toy to be controlled remotely via a Bluetooth connection. A report in 2008 suggested that teledildonics, along with text and email and webcams, can be used to "wind each other up to fever pitch during the working day" as a prelude to sex with a human during the evening hours.[7] New technologies can help people establish "emotional connections" via the web.[8] Indeed, teledildonics technology has already been integrated with adult online webcam services and certain sex toys.[9]
A book reviewer of David Levy's Love and Sex with Robots in The Guardian in 2008 suggested that teledildonics was "but one stage in a technological and social revolution" in which robots will play an increasingly important role, with artificial lifeforms that will "attend to our needs with magic fingers"; Levy argued that by 2050 "sex with robots will be commonplace."[3] Some products have been shown at the Museum of Sex in New York City.[10]
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References
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- ↑ Stein, Joel "Will cybersex be better than real sex?" Time magazine, June 19, 2000. Retrieved July 23, 2008
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- ↑ Grossman, Anna Jane "Single, white with dildo." Salon, July 23, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008
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- ↑ Lynn, Regina "Ins and outs of teledildonics." Wired, September 24, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2008
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