Image used with permission of the copyright holder Tech is cool. And sex is cool, so is it possible for the two to mix? If SexFit is anything to go by, the answer is a resounding no.
In case you missed it, here’s the recap. Described as “a pedometer for your penis” by various giggling tech journalists, it’s designed to be worn around an unmentioned guy’s base and connected to his smartphone; it then delivers a host of useful data via a dedicated app, including calories burned and moves per minute. Really.
Most of us have personal boundaries, and so should our sex toys.
That is, if the lucky recipient of your digital love hasn’t already pulled up their pants, hurried off and posted on Facebook how they narrowly escaped being sexually assaulted by RoboCop.
Wait, it’s all in good fun, some might even cry. On paper yes, but in real life no. Pedometers and fitness trackers measure activities that reward us for “pushing our bodies to the limit,” but rarely take into account finesse…or subtlety, consideration, and gentleness. Unfortunately, these are the most important aspects of sex. Unless your name is Belladonna, the idea of maniacally pushing yourself until your bottoms are raw (so they get a new Stamina badge) probably isn’t very appealing. Products like SexFit turn sex into an endurance event where we’re only motivated by the app, rather than how your partner feels.
New sex apps are weird (and dangerous)
Sex should be fun, and toys, whether they’re too high-tech or not, can be happily thrown into the mix. But there are limits. Most of us have personal boundaries, and so should our sex toys. But there are tons of horrible toys out there. Spreadsheets is an app that tracks and tells you how to fix your gender. It only works when your phone is in close proximity to your bed, which sounds about as overwhelming as the judgmental family dog sitting on the end of the bed. Another app, subtly named SexTrack, tells you to place your phone “on the bed close to the action” so it can measure “duration, amount, speed and intensity.” Excuse me, but are we talking about sex or the Tour de France?
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When you imagine trying to bring one of these apps, or SexFit, into the bedroom, things get weird. “Yes dear, we’ll be joined by an iPhone tonight, I’ll be wearing this complex device around my old man and I’m warning you, I’ve set the intensity to ‘rub hard!'” Lead the trio with Buck Rogers’ Twiki, along with Dr. Theopolis around his neck , would sound more attractive.
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Quirks aside, and neatly avoiding this turning into a column worthy of Carrie Bradshaw, there’s a real danger involved in introducing hardware that encourages you to pump with the ferocity of a sex-deprived rabbit. This is not a guess, but a supported claim an actual medical fact. According to UKMedix.com, the number one sex mistake couples make in bed is “misdirected thrusting,” a problem that’s sure to be frowned upon when you’re doing your best to beat the previous record.
Sex and technology can mix
Tech works best when it solves a problem or makes our lives a little easier, and it’s no different when we’re talking about the way it can be integrated into our love lives. Not all sex technology has to be corny or make sex a goal-oriented exercise, as the OhMiBod Remote Control Vibrator proves. It doesn’t look like it’s designed to appeal only to deviants hanging out on street corners, and the Bluetooth connection to your phone serves a real purpose: to convey pleasurable feelings to the user.
When you imagine trying to bring one of these apps, or SexFit, into the bedroom, things get weird.
The Dutch company Kiiroo has come up with a system delightfully called Teledildonics, which aims to connect partners who are separated from each other via the Internet and some specially designed toys. Again, no records to break, no flashing lights to make you feel like you’re doing it during an 80s-themed night at a tacky bar. It is designed to mimic touch and increase intimacy and pleasure.
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Products like SexFit will live on, destined to be used by fraternity musclemen who only care about how much they can bench press, as well as those of a more mature, intimate nature. Sex and technology merge and as in real life, we are given a choice. We can head for the bright lights of Rouge City and the company of Gigolo Joe (or Josephine), or head for the brilliant, if somewhat lonely, world of Internet relationships, potentially similar to those of Spike Jonze Her.
Or we could just carry on as we have been doing since the beginning of time.
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