June 9, 2008
A Series of Controversial Dildos
A Series of Controversial Dildos
It seems that the contestants for the Golden Kleene prize at Arse Elektronika 2008 are off to a start on their development, and I happened upon one of the blogs!
A Series of Controversial Dildos, by the circuit benders at Cho-Yaba.com (seriously, take some time to look around the blog, lots of neat stuff here), isn't really a series of controversial dildos (at least, not as much as the divine interventions line of toys) as much as it is a series of controversial control schemes for dildos. The two current projects (both based off Arduino boards) include a vibrator that reacts off of USGS seismic feeds (definitely controversial there), and another that seems to be some sort of chastity belt based on political leanings that I'm not quite sure I get the gist of yet. There's also the "Perpetual Erection Machine", which only exists as a title at the moment, but who knows what it could be!
Definitely interested to see where these are going, and what the other contestants are up to! And remember, Arse Elektronika 2008 happens at Cellspace in San Francisco, September 25-28.
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June 6, 2008
The EyeDildo
NO IT'S NOT A DILDO FOR YOUR EYE but that's totally what I thought too so your mistake is understandable.
The EyeDildo is a clear acrylic dildo with an embedded camera and LED setup so you can play "ob/gyn, the home game". It's at least nice to see someone ripping off Sony (EyeToy) versus Apple (iEverythingEver) for once. And while there is absolutely no way to make the combination of thrusting pointy things and eyes sexy, the name does have a certain impact.
$200 lets you realize that the inside of your partner isn't nearly as pretty as the outside. It uses regular ol' batteries and comes with TV hookups so you can just plug in and plug in and see internal organs on your 60" flat screen!
Now, dildocams have been around a long, long time, but I'm rather excited about this for the machine vision and augmented reality aspects. With today's technology (read: OpenCV, ARToolKit and too much time and education your hands), you're just a few sleepless nights of coding away from games like "Cervix Invaders" and "Poop Ship Destroyers" and "It's in my nose, is that my brain?" and "Malignant or Not". Ok, so that last one, not so much a game, I suppose.
I still think this would be the ultimate survival horror game flashlight peripheral. But I'm just gonna stop there.
Note: Usually, when I get random product emails, I google them first to make sure someone else hasn't gotten to it first, because if it ain't fresh, it ain't good. Google "eyedildo". 4 sites, one of which is my LJ (where I made a silly post about it like, 3 minutes ago, and google already has it. Technology is creeeeeeeeeepy), the other three are some sex video sites they uploaded the demo to. Now THAT'S what I call a 0-day link. Though the fact that the term "eyedildo" has not shown up anywhere else on the internet ever is somewhat... disconcerting.
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qDot speaking at Unc's Colloquia Series - Thursday, June 12 - Edges (South Bay)
qDot Speaking at Unc's Colloquia Series
It's time for me to talk again. I'm rather excited about this, I'm the first presenter in Uncle Abdul's "Advanced Colloquia in BDSM" series! It even sounds academic!
This'll be at Edges, a dungeon located in sunny [somewhere in south bay], California. I'll be doing an in-depth presentation on sex technology and its applications to BDSM, which will be as educational for me as it will be for everyone else. Prepare for the wild, ridiculous overuse of the word "panopticon". Foucault's spinning will be my carbon credit equivilient.
Tickets are $16ish after fees, and it's limited to 30 people. To get in, you'll need to preregister online at:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/117130340
So if you want to get the up close, personal, not-at-a-web-conference qDot treatment (no, I don't know exactly how this treatment is different either), I'll see you next Thursday.
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