Jul
02
A couple of interesting, separate but seemingly connected, developments in robotics. First off: Researchers from the Excellence Cluster CoTeSys at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have created a sensitive skin for robots that allows them to feel temperature and a light touch. And secondly: . . . researchers in Japan have developed a dental training robot that …
Feb
06
The future is so often portrayed as some slick, clean and minimalist place. People all have the same haircut, there’s no litter and most of it takes place in grey corridors. I’ve never pictured the future like that. I always figured it’d be noisy, crowded and annoying. With robot pole dancers. Because why should the …
Jan
10
Truecompanion.com has invented what they claim is the first sexbot. Although it apparently has a personality, Roxxy looks a bit like a plastic corpse. “I had a friend who passed away in 9/11. I promised myself I would create a program to store his personality, and that became the foundation for Roxxxy True Companion.” Though …
Jun
26
Sega has produced a robot girlfriend for lonely men. She has a big set of tits and she wiggles her ass on command. Both of these qualities are apparently more important than her diminutive size. (38 cm tall.) It’s the booty shaking girl you can carry in your pocket. She also gives kisses. What’s interesting …
Nov
23
Eve is a virtual teacher who can read the emotions of her student’s faces and respond to them. She’s linked to the child by computer and can also monitor heart rate, movements and skin resistance through a mouse. And I can’t possibly be the only person who thinks Eve is hot . . . Can …
Nov
16
I don’t want to have sex with a robot. That’s not to say that I won’t have sex with a robot. It’s just not my first choice. I’m probably not alone in this. For now. According to Dr. David Levy, humans will be fucking and loving robots by 2050. I don’t doubt the fucking part. …
Nov
06
I found this article in Reason Magazine — “Is Porn a Catalyst of Sexual Violence” –to be fascinating. In the eighties and nineties the case was made, by the left and right, that porn leads to sexual violence. But the prevalence of smut on the internet, combined with a decline in sexual assaults and — …
Jul
17
I think this fellow may have some growing up to do. But, as a friend pointed out, if he lived in the states, he would probably be a serial killer and those would probably be dead women. As for this power and control he has over these dolls – they don’t even have strings. How …
Jun
06
You’ve probably all heard of CB2 by now. The child-robot invented by Hiroshi Ishiguro and Minoru Asada. [I hope Mr. Asada builds better robots than webpages. His is still "under the construction."] CB2 is supposed to look and act like a two year old. I can only think of one reason to build a child-robot. …
May
28
Toronto really should have some sort of Gentleman’s Club. A place for a fellow to go when he wants to enjoy a game of chess or lively discussion. A home away from home. I have searched this city for one and have only met with disaster. There is a place, for example, mere blocks from …
Mar
27
I have been getting way too much spam on MySpace. Usually from the likes of the woman in the picture. Her alleged name is Hailey and she looks like the sort of lady whose virtue could be purchased for the price of a bottle of gin. A cheap bottle of gin. She seems to be …
Jan
16
It didn’t take porn very long to catch up to the Wii. The industry has piggy-backed on Nintendo’s innovative Wii controllers and created the Wii-brator. This is going to usher in a new generation of interactive pornography featuring cartoon women. I’m not kidding. The new version of Leisure Suit Larry is going to use this …
Sep
16
It was only a matter of time before I typed the magic words into my computer. That is, “fucking robots.” Can I say that I’m happy that I typed those words in? No. Not exactly. Happy is not the word. Disturbed and disappointed would be closer to the mark. I have never before seen such …
Apr
21
Robot makers have really gotten ahead of themselves this time. There isn’t even a decent sex bot on the market and there’s already a pregnant robot. Whatever happened to letting nature take its course? Gaumard Scientific Company says that NOELLE is an “interactive model” to be used in medical schools. Is it too much to …
Apr
04
In Santa Fe New Mexico, top U.S. sexperts gathered to discuss the future of sex. They decided that “cyber-sex, war, and erection-inducing drugs are a recipe for a more socially inept, violent culture.” I have a hard time imagining how a culture could be more socially inept or violent than the modern western world but …
Feb
28
Most links NSFW – Use Your Head. Some links in plain bad taste. A while ago New Scientist Magazine had a fascinating article by Annalee Newitz about how porn drives new technologies. “The “adult entertainment” industry embraced video cassettes, DVDs and the web more quickly than its mainstream counterparts because these media are tailor-made for …
Jan
04
There must be something that happens to your mind when you start down the sex doll road. At first you just want to make sweet love to the, er, thing, and then, after time, that’s no longer enough. You have to take it out on dates. This one – Andy – is being treated to …
Dec
29
I’m a firm believer that anything worth doing is worth overdoing. So, if you’re going to modify your PC case, why not make it into a girlfriend? And not just any sort of old fashioned girlfriend. No Sir. Make it into a pimped out Hentai girlfriend with red shoes and white panties. True, she’s made …
Dec
10
One might even say that the weather outside is frightful. But, this winter, things inside promise to be delightful. Thanks to the Japanese company Dolls No Mori, I need never go out and deal with the raw bodies of real women again. It promises to be a great new year. I will no longer have …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
