Chinese engineers have developed a silicone mouth connected to an application that allows you to kiss from a distance. If the invention is primarily aimed at couples living in a long-distance relationship, it also makes it possible to “make available” their kiss to share it with strangers. A technology that is not unanimous within the Middle Empire.
Will the 21st century mark the end of long-distance relationships? Between video call applications and the invasion of messaging in our daily lives, it is now possible to hear from your partner at any time. But one thing is still missing from all these innovations: physical contact. A problem that Chinese engineers intend to tackle, who have just filed a patent for a technology that is, to say the least… astonishing.
The principle is simple: it is about being able kiss your partner from a distance. To do this, the Changzhou Professional Institute of Technology has imagined a device in the form of a silicone mouth, itself connected by Bluetooth to its smartphone via a dedicated application. For users, all they have to do is kiss this artificial mouth which, thanks to integrated pressure sensors, will take care of transcribe the sensations to the recipient also equipped with the accessory.
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A silicone mouth to share kisses from a distance with anyone
In addition, the object is not only aimed at distance couples, but also at more adventurous users. Indeed, the application offers a “discovery” option, the operation of which uses the codes of dating applications such as Tinder, and which concretely allows go in search of strangers with whom to share a kiss from a distancemaking them directly available or offering to discuss beforehand.
Small additional subtlety, the device is also capable of transcribe the sounds of mouths of the sender, for ever more immersion. Yum. As you might expect, the news is not unanimous in China. Many Internet users denounce in particular the risks of misuse of such an object, fearing among other things that the latter is available for sale to minors.
Remote kissing device for long-distance lovers, invented and patented by Chinese university student in Changzhou City.
The mouth-shaped module, served as an inducing area for lovers to make the kiss and then it can transfer kiss gesture to the “mouth” on the other side. pic.twitter.com/5i2ogMiUXe— China in Pictures (@tongbingxue) February 22, 2023
