[Please note that if you are easily offended, you might want to ignore this post and read the previous one on The Incredibles instead.]
I had no idea that cybersex has evolved so far beyond the chatroom. I came across this article on Wired yesterday, and needless to say, was quite surprised. The article is basically an introduction and review of the Sinulator, “a device that lets you connect a sex toy to your computer so that other people can control it for you over the internet.” Now that’s hardcore.
The article goes on:
Here’s how it works. Your Sinulator package includes the transmitter, a vibrator and a receiver. You download the client application from Sinulator.com. During installation, you connect the transmitter to a USB port. When you’re all installed and have the client running, you attach your toy to the wireless receiver and switch it on. Finally, you go to Sinulator.com and choose a name for your toy. After that, anyone who knows your toy’s name can set your toy a-buzzin’ using the Sinulator control panel. Neither of you has to register or divulge any personal information — not even an e-mail address.
Pretty crazy huh? But it gets better (or worse, depending on how you look at it):
The Fleshlight is a standard, sleeve-style vibrator for men, with a twist: It’s also a transmitter. It measures the speed and force of each thrust and communicates those metrics to the software, which translates them into vibration and pulse on the other end.
Talk about redefining cybersex! Apparently the device has local overrides, so that your partner cannot thrust too fast for your liking. The author of the article calls this remote interaction technology “teledildonics”, an interesting name, and says that it has the potential to improve long-distance relationships, or help couples who are apart frequently due to work. However, it doesn’t solve all problems:
Like with real sex, you can thrust too hard or too fast, or finish too soon, or not finish at all. You can leave each other hanging or draw the experience out as long as you can stand it.
I guess they figured they had to save something for version 2 😉
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holy fuck. no pun intended. that’s intense. kind of….messed up if you ask me. i mean, sure people use toys, and that’s great. but why the hell would you want someone else to be controlling it for you? like, it’s different i guess if you’re actually doing the deed, but i think it’s creepy that some guy in, let’s say…calgary (who’s really an 80 year old man in timbuktu) can control how fast or whatever i’d want it. that’s just wrong. that makes cybersex even less personal than it already is.
hmm…I mean I guess it’s neat that couples can have the ability to do this sort of thing long-distance and all, but I mean, yeah I dunno…well at least yeah I got nothing, this is one thing I’m just going to back away from.
It is kind of strange…but also quite a novel use of technology!
Does USB 2.0 provide faster speeds?
lol maybe FIREWIRE enhances the experience?
It would be funny if someone’s computer froze.
it seems qite wild
Hey, for those of you who don’t find this too weird (!!) has anyone heard of BuzzMe4Fun? Its a new site out where you can do the same thing except you dont have to spend a shed load of money on Sinulators toys, you can just buy the toy off the high street for half the price and plug that into the computer instead…