Device Allows You To Kiss Remotely
Ever been in a long-distance relationship and want to share a kiss with your “boo”? Thanks to a Chinese technology school, a new kissing device lets you share a kiss from far away. It mimics a ‘real’ kiss.
The device has pressure sensors and actuators and can replicate the pressure, movement, and temperature of a user’s lips. And that’s not all. The device also mimics the kissing motion and can transmit the sound the user makes when kissing.
To send a kiss, users need to download a mobile phone app and plug the device into their phone’s charging port. After pairing with their partners in the app, couples can start a video call and transmit replicas of their smooches to each other.
The device is advertised for long-distance relationships, but the device also allows users to pair up anonymously with strangers in what’s called the “kissing square” function of the app. If two strangers match successfully and like each other, they can ask to exchange kisses. Users can also “upload” their smooches in the app for others to download and experience.
The kissing remote is on China’s largest online shopping site Taobao. Users can get the kissing remote for about $41.
According to China’s state-run Global Times, the invention has been patented by the Changzhou Vocational Institute of Mechatronic Technology.
