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  • Upcoming event offering love and sex with robots in October 2023.

    ‘Making love to chatbots’: AI set for center stage at Love & Sex With Robots 2023

    Jamie F/
    August 8, 2023
  • Love & Sex with Robots 2024

    AI companions set to dominate discussion at Love & Sex With Robots 2024

    Jamie F/
    August 12, 2024
  • sex robots cheating

    ‘Is sex with a robot cheating?’ What 10 years of research tells us about sex robots

    Jamie F/
    February 10, 2025
  • legal academic meta rape 2

    Legal scholars advocate criminalizing VR ‘rape’

    If you use a female-presenting avatar when entering a metaverse space, it’s usually not long before a penguin or elf or… whatever avatar begins groping, humping, or otherwise harassing your pixelated persona. Unwanted sexual behavior in metaverse spaces is a massive problem, but should behaviour like this be criminalized? And should we stop calling this […]
  • Dating app updates in April 2025

    Dating appdates (April ’25): Big verification push, massive data leak, apps ‘officially’ stressful, and more

    New research has found that using dating apps is a pleasurable, respectful, reliable experience that enriches people’s lives and connections. OK, we’re joking – new research has actually found that using dating apps causes big hormone issues linked to stress and addictive behaviour. Elsewhere this month, there’s been a massive personal data and photo leak […]
  • Virtual Taste Research

    Send your taste? Scientists make ‘electronic tongue’ that transfers flavor

    “I bet you taste amazing. How about you transfer your taste to me?” A sexting request like this might seem logistically tricky to fulfil, at least currently, but scientists have created a device and “e-Taste” system that recreates the flavors of some food and drink, saying that it could help VR immersion and other interactions. […]
  • Love & Sex with Robots 2024

    AI companions set to dominate discussion at Love & Sex With Robots 2024

    AI companions look set to be the dominant topic in the next Love & Sex With Robots conference: the annual sex robot technology conference scheduled to take place in Montreal, Canada on August 24-25, 2024. The event, hosted at Université du Québec in Montréal (UQAM), will be a hybrid in-person and online event featuring technology […]
  • Beyond the Interface

    Beyond the Interface: Free online sextech, AI, VR, and sex worker conference set for October 2024

    A free online Zoom conference covering sextech and sex work, set to feature talks and presentations about AI, VR plus other sex and technology crossover subjects, will take place in October 2024. Beyond the Interface: Critical Perspectives of Sex Work and Sextech will be hosted by the Center for Feminist Research’s Critical Trafficking and Sex […]

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  • legal academic meta rape 2
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    Legal scholars advocate criminalizing VR ‘rape’

    Legal experts say virtual reality ‘rape’ should be a crime, sparking debate about the boundaries of law and technology.
    May 12, 2025
    • Jamie F

  • Dating app updates in April 2025
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    Dating appdates (April ’25): Big verification push, massive data leak, apps ‘officially’ stressful, and more

    Explore the latest dating app news, from verification processes by Tinder and Bumble to research linking app usage to stress and addictive behavior.
    April 30, 2025
    • Jamie F

  • Virtual Taste Research
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    Send your taste? Scientists make ‘electronic tongue’ that transfers flavor

    Scientists have developed an “e-Taste” system that recreates flavors for enhanced virtual experiences, including immersive gaming and remote interactions.
    March 26, 2025
    • Jamie F

  • Love & Sex with Robots 2024
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    AI companions set to dominate discussion at Love & Sex With Robots 2024

    The Love & Sex With Robots conference will explore AI companions, emotional connections, and the implications of sex robots in society on August 24-25, 2024.
    August 12, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • Beyond the Interface
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    Beyond the Interface: Free online sextech, AI, VR, and sex worker conference set for October 2024

    A free online conference focused on sextech, VR, AI and sex worker issues is taking place in October 2024.
    July 3, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • Humaoid robot skin
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    Smiles better: Humanoid robot skin is becoming more realistic

    Researchers have developed a new form of skin for robots that is more realistic, and fits more closely, than any previous humanoid skin.
    June 29, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • sex robots cheating
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    ‘Is sex with a robot cheating?’ What 10 years of research tells us about sex robots

    Over the last decade, various sex robot research papers and studies have been conducted to help us understand these human-digital relationships.
    February 10, 2025
    • Jamie F

  • A digitally-rendered image of a large LED penis horseshoe against a vibrant abstract background, posing the question, "Can wearable LEDs increase sexual performance?
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    Lightbulb moment? Wearable Kaisar LED penis ‘horseshoe’ claims to increase sexual performance

    Lovense releases Webcam 2 for porn cammers, featuring AI zoom in response to tips, ultra HD 4K resolution, and hands-free control for enhanced live-streaming.
    March 25, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • Upcoming event offering love and sex with robots in October 2023.
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    ‘Making love to chatbots’: AI set for center stage at Love & Sex With Robots 2023

    AI is set to be a main focus of the Love and Sex with Robots 2023 event, taking place online from October 1-3, 2023.
    August 8, 2023
    • Jamie F

  • self healing robot skin
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    Biohybrid finger beckons self-healing ‘living skin’ for sex robots

    A new type of self-healing 'skin', which can be used on robots, has been developed by scientists, paving the way for more realistic sex robots.
    June 21, 2022
    • Jamie F

  • prescription vibrators
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    US researchers recommend prescription of vibrators for pelvic problems

    A US-based sexual health research team has recommended that vibrators are added to the arsenal of tools used to treat pelvic problems.
    June 20, 2022
    • Jamie F

  • technology sexuality conference st2022
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    Hybrid sexuality and tech conference to explore dating app ‘terror’ and assisted procreation

    The fourth of the sexuality and technologies conferences organized by sexual health charity Les 3 sex*, ST2022, will be take place on March 26 2022.
    October 13, 2022
    • Jamie F