Teledildonics

Sometimes, when the naughty would strike, Bae I went shopping for toys. We always took those excursions to Lover's Lane (the suburbs' idea of sexy) with our tongues firmly planted in cheek because we never knew what we would get, if we could find anything. Lover's Lane, if you are not aware, is the idea bored housewives and sneaky businessmen have of sexy: slightly flashy and very colorful stores that sell from fishnet stockings to the most sophisticated (and expensive) toys money can buy.  It's as if Halloween would decide to go all out slutty and would set up shop in a strip mall. It was fun, going there. we would laugh and ogle the merchandise and talk to the store clerks (who were always super fun). We did manage to incorporate some toys into our play but never really sought to go too deep into the whole thing. That is, until we were not seeing each other anymore.

Computer-controlled vibrators aren’t a new idea, with a patent for “virtual control of sexual aids” dating back to August of 1998. But that patent (number 6,368,268 has often been blamed for holding back innovation in the field of teledildonics. Because it was so broad, the patent allowed its owner, TZU Technology, to sue and demand licensing fees from companies that brought internet-enabled sex toys to market.
As a result, the teledildonics revolution has lingered in a state of “just around the corner” for the last two decades. But not anymore. As of last month, TZU’s so-called “teledildonics patent” has officially expired, which means we can expect to see a rapid expansion in the field of “smart” sex toys.

MATTBAUME

In one of our last forays into the realm of plastic pleasure, we ran into some toys that could be battery operated. Bae had seen one remotely operated used by one of his online favs and was curious about them. There's tons of people who let their lovers control their pleasure remotely, it really is nothing new. Yep, someone can make you cum long distance by making your toy do what they want it to do while using the right app in their smartphones, or through the internet. We did not get one of those fun gadgets because we were looking for something more specific, but now that we are apart, I wonder how that would have worked.

Having fun on our own is, well, fun. Nobody knows our bodies the way we know our bodies. And it's always easy and achievable to have a very good orgasm even if it's not your man's cock or fingers the ones making you cum. When we stopped seeing each other one of the things that came up was 'why didn't get one of those toys?' I think it would have made the dry spell and the separation a little bit more manageable. Because maybe even though you are not with him, having someone operate your sex toy long distance could be a fun twist added to your moment of self-love. It would have made the experience much more interesting, I'm sure.

Millions of men use fleshjacks and sleeves to enhance their masturbation sessions. Millions use prostate stimulators and dildos to bring themselves to fruition. The addition of technology to these gadgets was, as Matt Baume puts it in his article, only delayed, never questioned. I think it would be fun to try that, even with the probably hilarious glitches that could happen (can you imagine if someone would turn all the lights in their house or the coffee maker while trying to cum?) and with the security concerns that being connected to the internet while enjoying some private me time convey. I think there's nothing like a man's touch but hey, beggars cannot be choosers.

I think the day when we will just give someone whom I cannot really see face to face a code or a username to access our fleshlight or buttplug and then go home to enjoy the interaction is not far ahead. The guy I wrote about awhile ago who came out as Asexual told me that he enjoyed tipping men online because every time he tipped their buttplugs would go off and vibrate, making them basically cum. Yeah, apparently Ace people may not want to get it on with you, but don't mind watching. I, of course had to go find out about that and yep. That's a thing. How's that for an incentive?







There are really no limits to pleasure. Or to technology?

XOXO