{"id":23716,"date":"2014-03-07T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T13:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=23716"},"modified":"2019-04-29T17:48:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:48:22","slug":"connected-next-level-sexual-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2014\/03\/connected-next-level-sexual-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Is \u201cconnected\u201d our next level of sexual happiness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It takes a great deal of innovation to enhance the oldest and most primitive of all pleasures: sex. From 2000 years-old, somewhat-ritual wooden sticks to vibrating devices available in consumer retail catalogs at the beginning of the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0century (about a decade before electric irons and vacuum cleaners, by the way), the dildo has come a long way, and is not close to a stop.<\/p>\n

Silicon-based, electric and now \u201cconnected\u201d, sex-toys and sex-related apps are bringing our sexual happiness to a next level. If \u201cconnected\u201d often rhymes with \u201ceasier\u201d and \u201cmore efficient\u201d, is it really that kind of happiness we want in sex?<\/p>\n

Harder, better, faster, stronger: when quantified self becomes quantified sex.<\/b><\/h3>\n

Your mobile already tells you where to buy groceries<\/a> at the cheapest price, when to work out, when to weigh and how to lower your electricity bill. It can also help you get easier, better, even safer sex.<\/p>\n

Finding a sexual partner<\/b>\u00a0is as easy as sending a Snapchat with apps like\u00a0Grindr<\/a>\u00a0(for homosexual crowds),\u00a0Tinder<\/a>\u00a0(for any kind of crowd) or\u00a03ndr<\/a>\u00a0(for crowds of 3).\u00a0Such apps<\/a>\u00a0don\u2019t bother with inhibition to make dating with a sexual purpose easier, with a rather minimalistic approach.<\/p>\n

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Foreplays and long-distance relationships can be highly intensified<\/b>\u00a0by devices like\u00a0Limon<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0LovePalz<\/a>. Limon, developed by the startup Minna, can record a series of vibrations and reproduce the routine while your partner is away. Lovepalz is a set of two devices, Zeus and Hera, thanks to which you can send and receive body action to your far-away lover through motion sensors. If you\u2019re not so keen on the design, you can even get a 3D print reproduction of your partner\u2019s organ thanks to the French startup\u00a0French Coqs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vibease<\/a>, co-founded by Hermione Way and Dema Tio, launches its 3rd batch of “Vibease Intimacy”, a device designed to build a bridge between long-distanced lovers: connected to your smartphone via Bluetooth, lovers can send custom vibrations to each other via iPhone or Android apps. And it’s even wearable for maximum discretion.<\/p>\n

The market leader of condoms Durex is also working on other sorts of wearable\u2019s with\u00a0Fundawear<\/a>, a line of underwear providing vibrations that are tracked, encrypted and then controlled via<\/em> an iPhone app.<\/p>\n