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'''Teledildonics''' (also known as "cyberdildonics") is real or fictional technology for remote sex (or, at least, remote ]), where tactile sensations are communicated over a data link between the participants. The term can also refer to the integration of ] with ] that these interfaces make possible &mdash; the term was ] in 1975 by ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae: Theodor Holm Nelson|last=Nelson|first=Ted|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> in his book '']''.
'''Teledildonics''' (also known as '''cyberdildonics''') is the name coined for virtual sex encounters using ] electronic ] to mimic and extend human sexual interaction. The term became known after technology critic and writer ] used it in his 1991 book ''Virtual Reality''.<ref name="futureofsex.net">{{Cite web|date=2016-08-19|title=Where Did the Word Teledildonics Come From?|url=https://futureofsex.net/remote-sex/word-teledildonics-come/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Future of Sex|language=en-US}}</ref> In the publication, Rheingold made futuristic conclusions and summaries surrounding technology and used the term 'teledildonics' to refer to remote sexual activity using technology.<ref name="futureofsex.net"/> Nowadays, the term is commonly used to describe remote sex (or, at least, remote ]), where ] sensations are communicated over a remote connection between the participants. The term can also refer to the integration of ] with sexual activity that these interfaces make possible and can be used in conjunction or interchangeably with sex-technology. The term has also been used less accurately (since there's no "]" element) to refer to robotic sex, i.e., computer-controlled sex toys that aim to substitute for or improve upon sex with a human partner.<ref>Stein, Joel ''Time'' magazine, June 19, 2000. Retrieved July 23, 2008</ref><ref name="twsH35">{{cite news
|first= Stuart |last=Jeffries
⚫ |title= Review of "Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships" (book by David Levy)
⚫ |newspaper= The Guardian
⚫ |quote= we're in for a cybersexual revolution that will make the pill a negligible historical footnote.
⚫ |date= 10 May 2008
⚫ |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/may/10/society
|access-date= 8 February 2011
}}</ref> Nowadays, it is commonly used to refer to ]-enabled sex toys.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}


==Background==
The term has also been used less accurately (since there's no "tele-" element) to refer to robotic sex, i.e. computer-controlled ]s that aim to substitute for or improve upon sex with a human partner.<ref>Stein, Joel Time magazine, June 19, 2000. Retrieved July 23, 2008</ref><ref name=twsH35/>
Teledildonics is commonly used to describe Bluetooth-enabled sex toys, many of which have entered the market in the last decade. As well as being open to a remote connection for control, some toys can also be connected with corresponding devices to deliver synchronized movements between couples and remote partners. Teledildonics have also been used within the ] to create 'immersive' ] shows, whereby users control the ] of the ] sex toy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cam Girls Are Charging Clients to Control Their Vibrators Over the Internet|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ae35be/cam-girls-are-hacking-teledildonics-to-make-virtual-sex-feel-real|access-date=2020-10-20|website=www.vice.com|date=8 October 2015 |language=en}}</ref> Some media outlets have reported on 'teldildonic' technology used by long-distance couples in order to maintain sexual relations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kiiroo Onyx+ Review: Does It Work With the OhMiBod Fuse?|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxewpm/kiiroo-onyx-ohmibod-fuse-sex-toy-review|access-date=2020-10-20|website=www.vice.com|date=May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Promoters of these devices have claimed since the 1980s they are the "next big thing" in ] technology.<ref>Grossman, Anna Jane Salon, July 23, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008</ref> A report in the '']'' in 1993 suggested that teledildonics was "the virtual-reality technology that may one day allow people wearing special bodysuits, headgear and gloves to engage in tactile sexual relations from separate, remote locations via computers connected to phone lines."<ref name=twsH37>{{cite news |author= David Rothschild |title= High-tech Sex |publisher= '']'' |date= September 28, 1993 |url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-09-28/features/9309280044_1_cd-rom-interactive-computer-software-virtual-valerie |accessdate= 2011-02-08}}</ref>


Sex toys that can be manipulated remotely by another party are currently coming onto the market.<ref>Lynn, Regina Wired, September 24, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2008</ref> These toys sometimes come with movies to which the toys' actions are synchronized by means of a previously-written script. Other products being released fit a new category called bluedildonics, which allow a sex toy to be controlled remotely via a ] connection. A report in 2008 suggested that teledildonics, along with text and email and webcams, can be used to "wind each other up to fever pitch during the working day" as a prelude to sex with a human during the evening hours.<ref name=twsH36>{{cite news As well as offering remote functions, many teledildonic toys can be synchronized with pornography movies. Synchronization of porn with teledildonic or Bluetooth toys actions are controlled by means of a previously-written script. A report in 2008 suggested that teledildonics, along with text and email and webcams, can be used to "] to fever pitch during the working day" as a prelude to sex with a human during the evening hours.<ref name="twsH36">{{cite news
|author= Stuart Jeffries |author= Stuart Jeffries
|title= How has The Joy of Sex changed since 1972? |title= How has The Joy of Sex changed since 1972?
|publisher= ''The Guardian'' |newspaper= The Guardian
|quote= ... Text, email, webcams, teledildonics can all be used to wind each other up to fever pitch during the working day prior to extended evening action ... |quote= ... Text, email, webcams, teledildonics can all be used to wind each other up to fever pitch during the working day prior to extended evening action ...
|date= 9 September 2008 |date= 9 September 2008
|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/09/healthmindandbody.relationships |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/09/healthmindandbody.relationships
|accessdate= 2011-02-08 |access-date= 2011-02-08
}}</ref> New technologies can help people establish "emotional connections" via the web.<ref name=twsH41>{{cite news }}</ref> New technologies can help people establish "emotional connections" via the ].<ref name="twsH41">{{cite news
|author= Aleks Krotoski |author= Aleks Krotoski
|title= What effect has the internet had on our sex lives? |title= What effect has the internet had on our sex lives?
|publisher= ''The Guardian'' |newspaper= The Guardian
|quote= And the web is all about helping people establish emotional connections. Throw in some erotic imagery, augmented teledildonics technologies, or a bit of sexting or Skyping, and you have the makings of a rather extraordinary, albeit mediated, relationship. |quote= And the web is all about helping people establish emotional connections. Throw in some erotic imagery, augmented teledildonics technologies, or a bit of sexting or Skyping, and you have the makings of a rather extraordinary, albeit mediated, relationship.
|date= 6 February 2011 |date= 6 February 2011
|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/06/internet-porn-sex-lives |url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/06/internet-porn-sex-lives
|accessdate= 2011-02-08 |access-date= 2011-02-08
}}</ref> Indeed, teledildonics technology has already been integrated with adult online webcam services and certain sex toys.<ref>{{cite web|title=Teledildonics and Live Webcams|url=http://www.webcamreports.com/teledildonics.php|publisher=Webcam Reports|accessdate=24 May 2014}}</ref> }}</ref> Indeed, teledildonics technology has already been integrated with adult online webcam services and certain sex toys,<ref>{{cite web|title=Teledildonics and Live Webcams|url=http://www.webcamreports.com/teledildonics.php|publisher=Webcam Reports|access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref> such as ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alptraum |first1=Lux |title=Cam Girls Are Charging Clients to Control Their Vibrators Over the Internet |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ae35be/cam-girls-are-hacking-teledildonics-to-make-virtual-sex-feel-real |access-date=4 February 2019 |work=] |date=8 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wakeman |first1=Jessica |title=Virtual Brothels: How Teledildonics Is Revolutionizing Sex Work |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/virtual-brothels-how-teledildonics-is-revolutionizing-sex-work-108209/ |access-date=4 February 2019 |magazine=] |date=16 November 2016}}</ref> One Dutch manufacturer, ], offers a two-way connection between both female and male sex toys.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How the Fleshlight Predicted the Future|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/vb5vx8/history-of-the-fleshlight-future-of-sex|access-date=2020-10-20|website=www.vice.com|date=4 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>


==History ==
A book reviewer of ]'s ''Love and Sex with Robots'' in '']'' in 2008 suggested that teledildonics was "but one stage in a technological and social revolution" in which robots will play an increasingly important role, with artificial lifeforms that will "attend to our needs with magic fingers"; Levy argued that by 2050 "sex with robots will be commonplace."<ref name=twsH35>{{cite news
The term was coined as early as 1975 by ] in his book '']''. The idea of virtual sex has been prominent in literature, fiction and popular culture, and promoters of these devices have claimed since the 1980s they are the "next big thing" in ] technology.<ref>Grossman, Anna Jane {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606233335/http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2005/08/29/teledildonics/index.html |date=2011-06-06}} Salon, July 23, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008</ref> At the time Howard Rhinegold started using this term in 1990s, there were already many enthusiasts seeking to explore the power of technology, sex and intimacy. A report in the '']'' in 1993 suggested that teledildonics was "the virtual-reality technology that may one day allow people wearing special ], headgear and gloves to engage in tactile sexual relations from separate, remote locations via computers connected to phone lines."<ref name=twsH37>{{cite news |author=David Rothschild |title=High-tech Sex |newspaper=] |date=September 28, 1993 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/09/28/high-tech-sex/ |access-date=2011-02-08}}</ref> It was the same year that the Cyber-SM suit was released by ], which featured on the cover of ''FutureSex'', a 1990s San Francisco–based magazine that focused on the emergence of teledildonics.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-26|title=See Visions of Cybersex Suits and Teledildonics from the 1990s|url=https://futureofsex.net/remote-sex/see-visions-cybersex-suits-teledildonics-1990s/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Future of Sex|language=en-US}}</ref> Some products have been shown at the ] in ]<ref name="twsH34">{{cite magazine|date=2011-02-08|title=For Pleasure|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2121835/slideshow/2121919/fs/0//entry/2121918/|magazine=Slate Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211231556/http://www.slate.com/id/2121835/slideshow/2121919/fs/0/entry/2121918/|archive-date=February 11, 2011|access-date=2011-02-08|quote=At a small and private teledildonics demonstration on June 1, 2005, sex writer Violet Blue, while in San Francisco, induced two orgasms in her partner, who was riding a custom-made mega-vibrator known as a Thrillhammer at the Museum of Sex in New York City. The event included a few technical hitches: At one point the woman (shown here at a different demonstration) knocked an electrical cord out of the socket. It seems that teledildonics—remote-control vibrator sex via computer—has a long way to go.|url-status=dead}}</ref> and there was an exhibition about Stensile's Cyber-SM suit in 2016.
|author= Stuart Jeffries (reviewer) David Levy (author)

⚫ |title= Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships (book)
The responses to teledildonics have been mixed; however, the dominant concern has centered on the separation of personal intimacy and embodied presence. In the words of one early text on the subject:<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1992 |last1=Carkeek |first1=Freya |last2=James |first2=Paul |author-link2=Paul James (academic) |title=This Abstract Body: The Self, the Body and Identity |url=https://www.academia.edu/33643614 |journal=Arena |issue=99–100 |pages=66–85}}</ref>
⚫ |publisher= ''The Guardian''
⚫ |quote= we're in for a cybersexual revolution that will make the pill a negligible historical footnote.
{{bquote|Indeed, pushing at the cultural-technical limits of the integrity-fragmentation contradiction can, in the short term, supercharge the disembodied body with 'sensual', transgressive ambiguity. For example, 'teledildonics', computer-simulated; sexual arousal by wearing plugged-in bodysuits, may never become widely practised, but it certainly provokes interest as a ''risque'' possibility ... echno-sex contributes to hollowing out the corporeal taken-for-grantedness of which, paradoxically, it depends.}}
⚫ |date= 10 May 2008
⚫ |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/10/society
|accessdate= 2011-02-08
}}</ref> Some products have been shown at the ] in ].<ref name=twsH34>{{cite news|title=For Pleasure |publisher=''Slate Magazine'' |quote=At a small and private teledildonics demonstration on June 1, 2005, sex writer Violet Blue, while in San Francisco, induced two orgasms in her partner, who was riding a custom-made mega-vibrator known as a Thrillhammer at the Museum of Sex in New York City. The event included a few technical hitches: At one point the woman (shown here at a different demonstration) knocked an electrical cord out of the socket. It seems that teledildonics—remote-control vibrator sex via computer—has a long way to go. |date=2011-02-08 |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2121835/slideshow/2121919/fs/0//entry/2121918/ |accessdate=2011-02-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211231556/http://www.slate.com/id/2121835/slideshow/2121919/fs/0/entry/2121918/ |archivedate=February 11, 2011 }}</ref>


==Patents== == Controversy ==
Many companies experimenting in the field have been hit with patent lawsuits. <ref>{{cite news Many companies experimenting in the field have been hit with patent lawsuits.<ref>{{cite news
|author= Mike Masnick |author= Mike Masnick
|title=Kickstarter Refuses To Settle Or Be Silenced Over Ridiculous 'Teledildonics' Patent Lawsuit |title=Kickstarter Refuses To Settle Or Be Silenced Over Ridiculous 'Teledildonics' Patent Lawsuit
|publisher= Techdirt |publisher= Techdirt
|date= 2015-10-8 |date= 2015-10-08
|url= https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151007/11394132469/kickstarter-refuses-to-settle-be-silenced-over-ridiculous-teledildonics-patent-lawsuit.shtml |url= https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151007/11394132469/kickstarter-refuses-to-settle-be-silenced-over-ridiculous-teledildonics-patent-lawsuit.shtml
| accessdate= 2016-08-15}} | access-date= 2016-08-15}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Expiration of Major Cybersex Patent Could Set Off Explosive Innovation|url=https://fortune.com/2018/08/18/cybersex-patent-expiration-teledildonics/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Fortune|language=en}}</ref> At the 2016 ], virtual reality entrepreneur ] asserted that patent holders were ] the production of teledildonic technology.<ref name="TheGuardian2016-03-18" />
⚫ </ref>


The EFF has named one such patent the "stupid patent of the month". <ref>https://www.eff.org/ar/deeplinks/2015/07/stupid-patent-month-do-it-computer</ref> The ] has named one such patent the "stupid patent of the month".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/stupid-patent-month-do-it-computer|title=Stupid Patent of the Month: Trolls Go After Sex Toy Manufacturers|date=30 July 2015|publisher=]|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref> That patent expired in August 2018, lowering the barrier of entry to the field.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne55x8/teledildonics-patent-has-expired|title=The 20-Year Patent on Teledildonics Has Expired|date=2018-08-17|work=Motherboard|access-date=2018-08-19|language=en-us}}</ref>


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| title = SXSW panel explores virtual reality porn: 'more eye contact and dirty talk'
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| quote = Eventually, some suggest, “teledildonic” technology will enable them to feel sex as well as see it, though a strict patent, according to delegate Ela Darling, has prevented technological developments in this area.
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last1=Nixon |first1=Paul G. |title=Sex in the Digital Age |chapter=Hell yes!!!!! Playing away, teledildonics and the future of sex |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9781315446240 |pages=11 |edition=1st |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315446240-19/hell-yes-paul-nixon}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Liberati |first1=Nicola |title=Teledildonics and New Ways of “Being in Touch”: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Use of Haptic Devices for Intimate Relations |journal=] |date=2017 |volume=23 |pages=801–823 |doi=10.1007/s11948-016-9827-5}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Flore |first1=Jacinthe |last2=Pienaar |first2=Kiran |title=Data-driven intimacy: emerging technologies in the (re)making of sexual subjects and ‘healthy’ sexuality |journal=Health Sociology Review |date=2020 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=279–293 |doi=10.1080/14461242.2020.1803101}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Liberati |first1=Nicola |title=Making out with the world and valuing relationships with humans: Mediation theory and the introduction of teledildonics |journal=] |date=2020 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=140–146 |doi=10.1515/pjbr-2020-0010 |doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Ley |first1=Madelaine |last2=Rambukkana |first2=Nathan |title=Touching at a Distance: Digital Intimacies, Haptic Platforms, and the Ethics of Consent |journal=] |date=2021 |volume=27 |pages=63 |doi=10.1007/s11948-021-00338-1 |doi-access=free|pmc=8454010 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Power |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pym |first2=Tinonee |last3=James |first3=Alexandra |last4=Waling |first4=Andrea |title=Smart Sex Toys: A Narrative Review of Recent Research on Cultural, Health and Safety Considerations |journal=Current Sexual Health Reports |date=2024 |volume=16 |pages=199–215 |doi=10.1007/s11930-024-00392-3 |doi-access=free}}


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Integration of telepresence with sexual activity

Teledildonics (also known as cyberdildonics) is the name coined for virtual sex encounters using networked electronic sex toys to mimic and extend human sexual interaction. The term became known after technology critic and writer Howard Rheingold used it in his 1991 book Virtual Reality. In the publication, Rheingold made futuristic conclusions and summaries surrounding technology and used the term 'teledildonics' to refer to remote sexual activity using technology. Nowadays, the term is commonly used to describe remote sex (or, at least, remote mutual masturbation), where tactile sensations are communicated over a remote connection between the participants. The term can also refer to the integration of telepresence with sexual activity that these interfaces make possible and can be used in conjunction or interchangeably with sex-technology. The term has also been used less accurately (since there's no "tele-" element) to refer to robotic sex, i.e., computer-controlled sex toys that aim to substitute for or improve upon sex with a human partner. Nowadays, it is commonly used to refer to Bluetooth-enabled sex toys.

Background

Teledildonics is commonly used to describe Bluetooth-enabled sex toys, many of which have entered the market in the last decade. As well as being open to a remote connection for control, some toys can also be connected with corresponding devices to deliver synchronized movements between couples and remote partners. Teledildonics have also been used within the adult industry to create 'immersive' webcam shows, whereby users control the vibrations of the webcammers sex toy. Some media outlets have reported on 'teldildonic' technology used by long-distance couples in order to maintain sexual relations.

As well as offering remote functions, many teledildonic toys can be synchronized with pornography movies. Synchronization of porn with teledildonic or Bluetooth toys actions are controlled by means of a previously-written script. A report in 2008 suggested that teledildonics, along with text and email and webcams, can be used to "wind each other up to fever pitch during the working day" as a prelude to sex with a human during the evening hours. New technologies can help people establish "emotional connections" via the web. Indeed, teledildonics technology has already been integrated with adult online webcam services and certain sex toys, such as OhMiBod, Lovense, and We-Vibe. One Dutch manufacturer, KIIROO, offers a two-way connection between both female and male sex toys.

History

The term was coined as early as 1975 by Ted Nelson in his book Computer Lib/Dream Machines. The idea of virtual sex has been prominent in literature, fiction and popular culture, and promoters of these devices have claimed since the 1980s they are the "next big thing" in cybersex technology. At the time Howard Rhinegold started using this term in 1990s, there were already many enthusiasts seeking to explore the power of technology, sex and intimacy. A report in the Chicago Tribune in 1993 suggested that teledildonics was "the virtual-reality technology that may one day allow people wearing special bodysuits, headgear and gloves to engage in tactile sexual relations from separate, remote locations via computers connected to phone lines." It was the same year that the Cyber-SM suit was released by Stahl Stensile, which featured on the cover of FutureSex, a 1990s San Francisco–based magazine that focused on the emergence of teledildonics. Some products have been shown at the Museum of Sex in New York City and there was an exhibition about Stensile's Cyber-SM suit in 2016.

The responses to teledildonics have been mixed; however, the dominant concern has centered on the separation of personal intimacy and embodied presence. In the words of one early text on the subject:

Indeed, pushing at the cultural-technical limits of the integrity-fragmentation contradiction can, in the short term, supercharge the disembodied body with 'sensual', transgressive ambiguity. For example, 'teledildonics', computer-simulated; sexual arousal by wearing plugged-in bodysuits, may never become widely practised, but it certainly provokes interest as a risque possibility ... echno-sex contributes to hollowing out the corporeal taken-for-grantedness of which, paradoxically, it depends.

Controversy

Many companies experimenting in the field have been hit with patent lawsuits. At the 2016 South by Southwest Festival, virtual reality entrepreneur Ela Darling asserted that patent holders were preventing the production of teledildonic technology.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has named one such patent the "stupid patent of the month". That patent expired in August 2018, lowering the barrier of entry to the field.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Where Did the Word Teledildonics Come From?". Future of Sex. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. Stein, Joel "Will cybersex be better than real sex?" Time magazine, June 19, 2000. Retrieved July 23, 2008
  3. Jeffries, Stuart (10 May 2008). "Review of "Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships" (book by David Levy)". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2011. we're in for a cybersexual revolution that will make the pill a negligible historical footnote.
  4. "Cam Girls Are Charging Clients to Control Their Vibrators Over the Internet". www.vice.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  5. "Kiiroo Onyx+ Review: Does It Work With the OhMiBod Fuse?". www.vice.com. May 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  6. Stuart Jeffries (9 September 2008). "How has The Joy of Sex changed since 1972?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-02-08. ... Text, email, webcams, teledildonics can all be used to wind each other up to fever pitch during the working day prior to extended evening action ...
  7. Aleks Krotoski (6 February 2011). "What effect has the internet had on our sex lives?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-02-08. And the web is all about helping people establish emotional connections. Throw in some erotic imagery, augmented teledildonics technologies, or a bit of sexting or Skyping, and you have the makings of a rather extraordinary, albeit mediated, relationship.
  8. "Teledildonics and Live Webcams". Webcam Reports. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  9. Alptraum, Lux (8 October 2015). "Cam Girls Are Charging Clients to Control Their Vibrators Over the Internet". Motherboard. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  10. Wakeman, Jessica (16 November 2016). "Virtual Brothels: How Teledildonics Is Revolutionizing Sex Work". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  11. "How the Fleshlight Predicted the Future". www.vice.com. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  12. Grossman, Anna Jane "Single, white with dildo." Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Salon, July 23, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008
  13. David Rothschild (September 28, 1993). "High-tech Sex". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  14. "See Visions of Cybersex Suits and Teledildonics from the 1990s". Future of Sex. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  15. "For Pleasure". Slate Magazine. 2011-02-08. Archived from the original on February 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-08. At a small and private teledildonics demonstration on June 1, 2005, sex writer Violet Blue, while in San Francisco, induced two orgasms in her partner, who was riding a custom-made mega-vibrator known as a Thrillhammer at the Museum of Sex in New York City. The event included a few technical hitches: At one point the woman (shown here at a different demonstration) knocked an electrical cord out of the socket. It seems that teledildonics—remote-control vibrator sex via computer—has a long way to go.
  16. Carkeek, Freya; James, Paul (1992). "This Abstract Body: The Self, the Body and Identity". Arena (99–100): 66–85.
  17. Mike Masnick (2015-10-08). "Kickstarter Refuses To Settle Or Be Silenced Over Ridiculous 'Teledildonics' Patent Lawsuit". Techdirt. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  18. "Expiration of Major Cybersex Patent Could Set Off Explosive Innovation". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
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