Crave companionship? Do you find yourself lacking in love and absent affection, or do you simply need a good hug? Finally, thanks to Japanese robotics engineers, a hug will always be at the ready with the Sense-Roid HugBot. Read more »
Marriage. The formal definition of the practice is, “Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship.” Sounds so special, and it most certainly is, to some. Unfortunately, nearly 50 percent of all marriages in America end in divorce, and a new, coin-based, method of getting married, Concept Shed’s AutoWed Wedding Machine may result in those figures to rise even higher if the marriage method is made more official. Read more »
At a pre-Valentine’s speed dating event held last week at venues in Birmingham and London, UK, organisers used Skype video chat to hook up potential matches. Most of us are familiar with the concept of speed dating, even if we haven’t been on one ourselves, but this version helped bridge a hundred mile gap with the free calling technology. Each “date” lasted three minutes. Sue Ostler, a “professional flirt diva” (eh?), suggested that in the future ” the experience of dating via video will be commonplace”. What do you reckon? Internet dating is now a generally accepted way of finding a mate. What about video dating? Read more »
As if we really needed it confirming, a new survey in Britain has found that tech workers are less selfish in bed (and no we’re not talking about stealing the duvet here) and more open to using sex toys. Apparently it’s those gym-going fitness freaks that are the most self-centered. The survey of over two-thousand British men and women already in relationships found that there was a strong correlation between geeks and their openness to pleasing a partner in bed. Four in five techies said that sex should be more about “the partner”, compared to 41% of fitness bods. Read more »
