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'''Dildonics''' are electronic [[sex toy]]s that can be controlled by a computer. Promoters of the devices claim that they will be the "next big thing" in [[cybersex]] technology.  '''Teledildonics''' (also known as '''Cyberdildonics''') is the integration of [[wikipedia:telepresence|telepresence]] with [[sexual intercourse|sex]] and was  coined in the 1980s by [[wikipedia:Ted_Nelson|Ted Nelson]]. The term is considered somewhat humorous and speculative but not so much that it cannot be used in serious contexts; indeed it is the only commonly-used word to express the precise concept. In the original conception, this technology could be used for "remote" sex (or, at least, remote [[mutual masturbation]]), where the physical sensations of touch could be transmitted over a data link between the participants.

Visualisations of this  hypothetical  technology invariably involved an image of an attractive woman engulfed in a rubber suit equipped with sensors and built-in teleoperated [[dildo]]s, possibly suggesting that the inspiration derived more from [[rubber fetishism]] and [[medical fetishism]] than from a desire to meet widespread demand.

Recent technological innovations such as the 'cyber glove' which projects the wearers hand into virtual space, and innovations in [[wikipedia:haptic|haptic]] technology such as the glove produced by the University of Buffalo which enable wearers to experience tactile stimuli corresponding to this virtual space, suggest that this fantasy may prove not to be so fantastical. There are as yet no verifiable reports of haptic technology being used for sex (to stimuli [[sex organ]]s), however sex toys that can be manipulated remotely by another party are currently coming onto the market. These devices sometimes come with prerecorded movies to which the device's actions are synchronized by means of a separately written script (sex-script), but this is not mutual and direct human stimulation and because of this is not included in teledildonics.


==Suppliers==

* [http://www.digidave.co.uk digidave.co.uk] low cost home automation and cameras

== External links ==
* [http://opendildonics.org/ OPENDILDONICS: "CyberD for a GNU generation"] - A group attempting to provide open-source software and hardware for dildonic devices.
* [http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,59462,00.html Wired News: Reaching Through the Net to Touch]
* [http://www.mindflux.com.au/products/vti/cyberglove.html Midflux: CyberGlove®]
* [http://www.slashdong.org Slashdong.org: Engineering and Sex education site working on an open source Teledildonics Network]
* [http://www.highjoy.com/ HighJoy.com: Online Community] [http://www.highjoyproducts.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=-1 with Internet enabled sex toys].
*[http://www.tinynibbles.com/teledildonics.html Tinyniblles].
* [http://www.thetoy.co.uk/ The Toy] - Bluetooth-enabled teledildonic device activated by SMS.

== Vendors of non-haptic teledildonics ==
(explicit, adult links)
* [http://www.vrinnovations.com/index2.htm The Virtual Sex Machine]

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