Experts ponder a future of new sex gizmos, robots

[TechBear_Seattle]

Experts ponder a future of new sex gizmos, robots

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When America's top sex researchers gathered recently to discuss the next decade in their field, some envisioned a future in which artificial sex partners could cater to every fantasy.

"What is very likely to be present before 2016 would be a multi-sensual experience of virtual sex," said Julia Heiman, director of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University, Bloomington.

"There is a possibility of developing erotic materials for yourself that would allow you to create a partner of certain dimensions and qualities, the partner saying certain things in that interaction, certain things happening in that interaction."

A field dubbed "teledildonics" already allows people at two remote computers to manipulate electronic devices such as a vibrator at the other end for sexual purposes.

"People who use it are just blown away," said Steve Rhodes, president of Sinulate Entertainment, which has sold thousands of Internet-connected sex devices over the past three years. "This is not something that just the lunatic fringe does."

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[DUHandle]

1. Next thing you know

people will be talking sex on the phone and a little after that people will be willing to pay for it.

[jojo54]

2. Teledildonics????

O.K. THAT'S original!!

Seriously tho', I'm sure that some people (male and female alike) will be very happy to have one of these in their household. It'll be the new generation of the chambermaid/chamberbutler.

[Atman]

3. I've often wondered why someone hasn't developed a feedback device for...

...the PS2 or XBox.

Okay, I haven't OFTEN wondered about it, but during those times when I'm trying to figure what I could invent that would make me rich, I've at least given it some thought.

They have guns and steering wheels...why not a pair of shorts that provided feedback to some weird sex game? Seems to me that it could even help keep weirdos off the streets, for they could just strap into the PlayStation and get realistic jollies without having to stalk women at the mall!

[ret5hd]

4. would this be legal in georgia and texas?

won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!!!

"teledildonics" ... :rofl:

[MADem]

5. I can imagine the arrest report!!!

Subject was apprehended with an X Box, software and peripheral devices in the trunk of his car....

[rd_kent]

14. Wait, you got the Blotter report wrong!!!!

Subject was apprehended with an XXX Box.....

[porkrind]

6. "The future is plastics"

classic old movie line with new meaning.

"teledildonics" <- LOL!

[Ganja Ninja]

13. Think vending machines! n/t

[frankly_fedup2]

7. Who makes external USB ports you can add to your PC?

Why you ask? Cause their stock is going to quadruple. Plus, divorce lawyers are going to be very, very busy. Seriously, what are the names of some of those companies. There are more pervs online then anything . . . unfortunately

[eShirl]

8. talk about a killer ap

teledildonics

[Book Lover]

9. All right!

I am there!!

[Meldread]

10. Damn it! This is going to put traditional whores out of business!

...they'll no longer be needed! They just can't compete with science and technology. Who wants to pay for a cheap thrill when they can have EXACTLY what they REALLY want?

Is it cheating if you fuck your computer? Finally conservatives everywhere can finally get some, exactly the way they want it, and stop being jealous of the rest of us.

Ohhh, I so want to invest in this company.

:rofl:

[htuttle]

11. I can just foresee a "John Henry" sort of contest at some point

Pay-per-view might be a good venue...

[DireStrike]

12. NOOOO! Doesn't anybody watch Futurama?!

Fry: Well, so what if I love a robot? It's not hurting anybody.

Hermes: My God! He never took middle school hygiene. He never saw the propaganda film.

Farnsworth: It's just lucky I keep a copy in the VCR at all times.

(He presses a button and a film title, I Dated A Robot!, appears on the screen. In the movie a couple sit in a cafe and stare into each other's eyes. A narrator walks into the scene.)

Narrator: (in movie) Ordinary human dating. It's enjoyable and it serves an important purpose. (He turns the table over and a crying baby appears. He turns it back again.) But when a human dates an artificial mate, there is no purpose. Only enjoyment. And that leads to... tragedy.

(The woman behind him turns into a blank robot and the man downloads a celebrity onto it.)

Billy: (in movie) Neat-o! A Marilyn Monroe-bot!

Monroe-bot: (in movie) Ooh! You're a real dreamboat, (mechanical voice) Billy Everyteen.

Narrator: (in movie) Harmless fun? Let's see what happens next.

(The scene cuts to Billy's bedroom where he kisses the Monroe-bot. His mother walks through the door.)

Billy's Mom: (in movie) Billy, do you want to walk your dog?

Billy: (in movie) No thanks, Mom. I'd rather make out with my Monroe-bot.

(Enter his dad.)

Billy's Dad: (in movie) Billy, do want to get a paper route and earn some extra cash?

Billy: (in movie) No thanks, Dad. I'd rather make out with my Monroe-bot.

(The girl from the cafe, Mavis, walks in.)

Mavis: (in movie) Billy, do you want to come over tonight? We can make out together.

Billy: (in movie) Gee, Mavis, your house is across the street. That's an awfully long way to go for making out.

Narrator: (in movie) Did you notice what went wrong in that scene? Ordinarily, Billy would work hard to make money from his paper route. Then he'd use the money to buy dinner for Mavis, thus earning the slim chance to perform the reproductive act. But in a world where teens can date robots, why should he bother? Why should anyone bother? Let's take a look at Billy's planet a year later. (The scene changes and a foam hand rolls across an empty football field.) Where are all the football stars? (The foam hand drifts across an empty laboratory.) And where are the biochemists? (The scene changes to a split screen of human and robot couples making out on beds.) They're trapped! Trapped in a soft, vise-like grip of robot lips. All civilization was just an effort to impress the opposite sex... and sometimes the same sex. Now, let's skip forward 80 years into the future. Where is Billy?

(The scene changes to a post-apocalyptic world. Billy is an aged man but still with his Monroe-bot and still making out with her.)

Billy: (in movie) Farewell!

(He dies.)

Narrator: (in movie) The next day, Billy's planet was destroyed by aliens. (A fleet of flying saucers destroy buildings with laser shots.) Have you guessed the name of Billy's planet? It was Earth. Don't date robots!

(A "Don't Date Robots!" caption appears on the screen and the movie ends. The Space Pope is displayed on the screen with "Crocodylus pontifex" written around him in English and alien.)

Announcer: (voice-over; in movie) Brought to you by the Space Pope.

[rd_kent]

15. Uh, how absolutely true this statement is!!!!

"Ordinarily, Billy would work hard to make money from his paper route. Then he'd use the money to buy dinner for Mavis, thus earning the slim chance to perform the reproductive act. But in a world where teens can date robots, why should he bother?"


If that doesnt really sum it up, I dont know what does!!!!

[moggie]

16. This is going to be the best prom ever!

But this seems a big stretch. We can't even make convincingly intelligent robot dogs yet: what reason is there to believe that a leap in AI (Intelligence, not Insemination) is around the corner? AI has been failing to deliver on its promises for decades now. Artificial sexual partners? I wouldn't even trust my dishes to a robot maid, let alone my dick.