It’s a device with silicone lips, which its creators tout as the perfect way for a couple to kiss from afar
Do you want to send your partner, who is far away, a kiss? With the help of a new Chinese gadget, you can!
It’s a device with silicone lips, which its creators tout as the perfect way for a couple to kiss from afar.
The particular gadget has created a lot of “noise” on social media in China, with some users expressing their … disgust and others showing interest and expressing their intention to purchase it.The device is equipped with pressure sensors and special mechanisms, which allow it to imitate a real kiss, applying the corresponding pressure and making specific movements.
In fact, it has the right temperature, corresponding to that of human lips.
In addition to the kiss motion, it can also transmit the sound that users make.
Some saw the funny side of the gadget, but there were also many who called it “scary” or even “disgusting”.
Some saw the funny side of the gadget, but many called it “scary” or even “disgusting” / Taobao
Others expressed concern that minors would start buying it.I don’t understand the device but I’m totally shocked,” wrote one user on Weibo, the country’s largest social network.
To… send a kiss, users need to download the relevant app to their “smart” mobile phone and then connect the device to their mobile phone via the charging port.
He then proceeds to pair with his or his partner’s device, and they start a video call, during which they can exchange kisses.According to the Chinese newspaper Global Times, this invention is patented and belongs to the Changzhou Vocational Institute of Mechatronic Technology.
“When I was at university, I was in a long-distance relationship with my girlfriend and we could only communicate over the phone.
That’s how the inspiration for this device came,” Jiang Zhongli, one of the gadget’s creators, told the Chinese newspaper.
A similar device, called the ‘Kissinger’, was launched by the Imagineering Institute of Malaysia in 2016, but it was a silicone ‘pad’ rather than realistic lips.
Although the creators of this new device advertise it as a way to bring couples who live far apart, the gadget allows its owners to connect and kiss with strangers as wellThey can also “upload” their kisses to a special database in the app for other users to enjoy.
The device costs 288 yuan, or 38 euros, on China’s largest online marketplace, Taobao.
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