The Kissenger Gadget Will Let You Kiss Your Loved-One Remotely
Cores Grace MalaayEveryone knows how hard it is to have a long distance relationship as you and your loved-one has a zero chance of physical intimacy. Great news though because there's a group of researchers who can help solve this long distance dilemma.
The Verge reports that the researchers from the Imagineering Lab at City University London has crafted a new gadget called Kissenger, which imitates what a real kiss is by using actuators and pressure sensors. Note that there no tongue simulation on this one but only normal pecks on the cheeks or in the mouth. Sorry, folks.
Emma Yann Zhang explained that the Kissenger is especially designed to at least sweep long distance problems away. She wrote that her kissing machine is an "effective communication of deep emotions and intimacy through a multi-sensory internet communication experience."
According to IEEE Spectrum, the Kissenger is a two-way device allowing users to send and receive the feel of kiss at the same time. The device is paired with a messaging app and users should insert their iPhones into the plastic device and make a video call via Skype or FaceTime.
When a kiss is being sent, the Kissenger can measure the pressure pattern of the user's lips, which contains force sensors and transmits the data in real time to the other user's device. Actuators under the rubbery surface push upward to replicate the pattern.
At this time, the Kissenger only has a functioning iOS prototype, which is plugged into the device's headphone jack. Zhang presented her gadget at a conference about love and s** with robots this week, which earned publicity automatically.
The researchers will also be recording physiological data such as heart rate and blood pressure to find out if kissing remotely would feel the same way as real kisses do. The Kissenger gadget is the PhD project of Zhang, who works in the lab of Adrian Cheok in the City University London.
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