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March 27, 2005

Force Feedback Patent War

Hrm, wonder if this is gonna make selling the SeXBox more difficult.

Sony has just been ordered to pay $90.7 million USD for patent infringement on their Dual Shock controllers.

There's probably going to be settlements between other console manufacturers.

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RCX Sex and Robotic Reproduction

Damn, I wish all my post titles could alliterate like that.

So, after all of our posts about how technology helps human reproduction, it's time for a post about how technology helps technological reproduction.

The inventive geniuses over at HackADay have built a robotic reproduction system using the Lego RCX brick. The robots use a basic bump-movement algorithm for navigation, and when their IR sensors line up, they exchange "genomes" and reproduce with a 1% mutation rate. Neat. Assuming you could throw this on some boards with more powerful processors, this could get really interesting.

Also in the news this week, a researcher in the UK is working on a self replicating 3d printer. It's a printer that prints... itself! Grey goo ahoy! =D

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March 22, 2005

The VibraExciter

The VibraExciter is a new small scale product that will vibrate whenever your cell phone receives some sort of transmissions. Apparently it works through RF signals the phone emits when receiving the data. Suddenly, text messaging goes from "OMG U R HAWT" annoyance to orgasmic "OMGWTFCUM" ectasy. (Getting off on leetspeek. Sick.)

via Regina Lynn/SexDrive Mailing List

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March 12, 2005

Ohhhh **uNF* ahhhh *uNF* Mmmmm *BZZZZT uNF*

Let it be known that I'm a big fan of beepy shit. Yup, I loves me some repetitive beats played in dark rooms while honkies act like taking a ton of drugs makes them dance better. I'm also really into the whole abstract IDM (aka "The ego genre that shall not be fully named") thing. So I was definitely interested when I heard about The Sex Album. It's an album where every sample is made from the sounds of a couple having sex with PZM mics on different places around the room, with other "stethoscope" mics on and even *in* them. Now, all the sounds have been Reaktorized so most of the samples don't actually sound like sex, but I guess it's that whole "Ohhhh but you know where it comes from!" idea. The end product is a sort of the idm/electroclashy "deep throated breathy female talking over beeps" shit that seems to be popular with the kids these days, but still, might be worth a list. There are sample tracks up on the page. (via SexDrive, via MusicThing)

Now, this brings up an interesting question about songs and sex. This also veers right off our whole blog topic of technology and sex, but stay with me here, this is important. Sure, this album aforementioned album is interesting, and uses all the latest sample mashing software to make some decent electronica. But it doesn't hold a candle to the best album about sex ever.

That would be Jeff Stryker's "Pop You In The Pooper," (Alternative link to MP3 on slashdong here, just in case the other one gets taken down) of course. There's really nothing better than an ex-gay porn star singing

If you're ready now, I'm gonna start to PLOW--
And FERTILIZE YOUR FIELD--
Boy your "farm" is rich---
take it ALL you BITCH--
Let's see what "crop" it yields.

If all country were like this, I'd be line dancing my ass down to the nearest Langston's to get me a big ol' hat and some religion showin' jeans.

Yeah, that's fucking classy shit right there.

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March 9, 2005

SeXBox Version 2 or How To Make Your Own Sex Slave Zombie Army of Death

SeXBox Version 2 Version 1 was a raging success, so now it's time to make a version that's actually safe. The new SeXBox v2 uses plugs embedded in the controller, so now you can hook it up to anything from vibe eggs to electrified cock rings. Go forth and force feedback!

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March 5, 2005

Robosapien Abuse

Graphic Picture of Robosapien Abuse. Viewer Discretion Advised. Slashdong.org has obtained pictures of a Robosapien being abused for the gain of an internet website article. Robosapien abuse like this happens around the world every day, with few advocates taking up the cause to defend these poor, defenseless bots. Please, won't someone think of the Robosapiens? In other news: SeXBox Version 2 coming in the next couple of days

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March 3, 2005

Juice: Electricity in the Bedroom

Juice: Electricity for Pleasure and Pain Thanks to Aerowolf for the link and book recommendation Here at Slashdong, we really arn't looking to hook electrodes directly into your crotch. Some people are into that, and that's cool. We respect electricity, however, we don't wanna fuck it. Even so, it's always nice to know the limits you can put yourself to, just so you know what's safe and what's stupid when you decide to start sex toy engineering projects of your own. Learning about electricity is an absolute must if you're going to try any of our projects. Now, there's no replacement for a good physics text book. Surprisingly though, very few physics text books talk about electricity in terms of how they affect human body parts with lots of nerve bundles that will most likely be very wet. So, we recommend Juice in place of that. For those of you that are too cheap and just want shit for free, we also plan on doing a few electronics, soldering, and "This is how sex toys work" tutorials in the near future. Still, $13 is a small price to pay so that we can blame someone else for you frying your thighs.

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I <3 geeks

So I'm obviously a big geek. I've modded sex toys to video game controllers, I have a website with a gigantic floating circuit board dildo as the header, yeah, it doesn't get much worse than this. That's why I got so incredibly fucking proud when I saw someone say this line on one of the forum threads about the SeXBox:

"Dude, you realize this is the first step to everyone's Holodeck fantasies, right?"

Yup. In the future, when, because you CAN, you're having sex just with whatever wacky thing your imagination comes up, hopefully people will think back and remember the meager beginnings, when all we had was a dildo, a video game, and too much time on our hands.

Also, the narcissism of my rampant referer watching has pulled up some really interesting pages in the last few days. I have to say one of my favorites has been SexyFandom. It's so nice to know I'm not the only person joining geek and sex into an unholy pairing of DOOM.

Look at that! Sex and UFOs! That fuckin' rocks! =D

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March 1, 2005

For everyone that was wondering...

Yes, there were people actually wondering about what dildo that was in the XBox/PS2 pictures. Being the enterprising researcher I am, I took a trip back to DildoWorld and got the info. Jessica Drake's Essensual Elements "My Wicked" Strobing Penis (quotes are accurate to the packaging) http://www.wickedpictures.com http://www.calexotics.com I don't currently have a source you can buy it from, but if I find one, I'll post it to the forum thread on this, which can be found here. There was a pretty massive amount of interest in this, so I'm also planning an LED Sex Toy Mod article to go along with this. Might as well make raves out of ALL sex toys, heh.

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