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A Fuck From Afar

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Wednesday night, author and sex educator Violet Blue gave a talk at this month's Dorkbot-SF gathering about teledildonics, the term coined to refer to physical sexual encounters across a web interface. Her presentation included a live hands-on demonstration in which attendees controlled a remote device called the Thrillhammer, which is housed at the New York Museum of Sex. The blog Gism Butter provides an account of the talk and demonstration.

Immediately following the conclusion of her speech, Violet proceeded to manipulate a Thrillhammer in New York's Museum of Sex. But the attempt was marred by technical difficulties ranging from slow camera updates to not having the cursed thing plugged in. This was perhaps the first time in history that a room-full of people had managed to frustrate a woman 3000 miles away.

In the end, however, Net Michelle did manage to get her rocks off as Violet piloted her to orgasm.



The field of teledildonics is just beginning to get off the ground after years of failed attempts, and someday this may represent a seminal moment in its advancement. I, for one, can't wait to see where it goes from here.

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Dan76

Dan76

Seattle, WA
February 2004

JUN 03, 2005 09:08 AM

The main difference between the Fucking Machines and the Thrillhammer is the Thrillhammer was designed by a woman.

PatrickY

PatrickY

Vancouver, WA
December 2003

JUN 03, 2005 09:13 AM

I forsee a brave new world of inappropriate message board, and IRC come-ons from random, sleazy strangers.

Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

JUN 03, 2005 10:06 AM

rottenart said:
sure marks a step forward from the fuking [sic] machines.


It looks like a fuking machine strapped to a gynecologist chair.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

JUN 03, 2005 10:55 AM

PatrickY said:
I forsee a brave new world of inappropriate message board, and IRC come-ons from random, sleazy strangers.


This is different from the internet now...how?

semyaza

semyaza

Wildomar, CA
December 2004

JUN 03, 2005 11:19 AM

Satanica said:
Violet is one of my best friends and my editor. I love her so much it hurts.
And what do you know- Me and Violet are both SG rejects. Shame too, cause you should have seen our 2 girl set idea.
She's extra hot.
She's SEX and ROBOTS all the way!
Go worship her at her SITE
tongue

[Edited on Jun 03, 2005 8:43AM]



I agree...she's HOT!

Since she's a celebrity in her own right, why can't SG create a "guest photo set'?

love

PatrickY

PatrickY

Vancouver, WA
December 2003

JUN 03, 2005 11:43 AM

bean said:

PatrickY said:
I forsee a brave new world of inappropriate message board, and IRC come-ons from random, sleazy strangers.


This is different from the internet now...how?



It's not different, just an extended vista.

Now: "Nakdpixplzthnx"

Soon: "Hitswtchnowplzthnx"

kennyg

kennyg

Berkeley, CA
November 2003

JUN 03, 2005 12:21 PM

I almost went to see this, but instead I went to see my girlfriend's new haircut. smile

Some more info, pics, very low quality videos at dorkbot.org

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

JUN 03, 2005 01:20 PM

I just noticed that Violet updated her site and included her own recounting of the nights activities. It's a better account than the one linked in the story above, and there is a better pic that shows a bit more clearly what the contraption and setup at the Museum of Sex looked like.

Plus, you get a lot more info about how her talk went...

I wrote an eight-page (and highly caustic) overview of teledildonics and created a Power Point presentation to go along with it, which was projected onto a big screen. Why so caustic? I've grown very tired of people trying to be proprietary about sex and technology; it's that simple. I'm also sick of sleazebags in the adult industry getting attention for making useless crap and not caring about the end user; *and* having retarded ideas about gender stereotypes shoved down our throats by the people with enough money and access to sexual expression to be able to fucking grow up about it. It's like everything most of these sex toy/teledildonics/virtual sex entrepreneurs learned about sex and gender comes from TV commercials and their websites are horrid little time capsules of 1998. Grrr!



Fucking rad.

Skeksi

Skeksi

Chicago, IL
December 2003

JUN 03, 2005 02:07 PM

"This was perhaps the first time in history that a room-full of people had managed to frustrate a woman 3000 miles away"

This was the funniest thing I read today.

Christopher

Christopher

Portland, OR
November 2002

JUN 03, 2005 02:52 PM

Satanica said:
Violet is one of my best friends and my editor. I love her so much it hurts.
And what do you know- Me and Violet are both SG rejects. Shame too, cause you should have seen our 2 girl set idea.
She's extra hot.
She's SEX and ROBOTS all the way!
Go worship her at her SITE
tongue

[Edited on Jun 03, 2005 8:43AM]



I am a huge fan of Violet Blue.

Dan76

Dan76

Seattle, WA
February 2004

JUN 03, 2005 04:59 PM

I likey this image better

SPOILERS! (Click to view)



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