Sex is an act as old as humanity itself! It’s necessary for continuation of our species and more so to make us what we humans fundamentally are. There is no doubt that sex has evolved along with technology, from condoms to vibrators to sexting.
Until recently, the role of electronics in our erotic lives has been relatively modest… a sext here, a vibrator there, mostly minor variations on the classic sex act, or masturbation, or the transmission of images or videos of ourselves engaging in one of the above.
But discussing things about what we already know is not our point. We are here, ofcourse, talking about inventing new stuffs and coming up with something new in sex lives. We are talking about the future of sex…that depends highly on technology.
So, how will our sex lives be different in a year? Or in 10 years? Or in even 20 to 30 years? The coming decades will bring innovations in intercourse that will make even the seasoned among us blush.
We can’t be absolutely certain. However, we go through today’s most fascinating sex innovations to make educated guesses on how we humans are going to get freaky in the year(s) to come.
Have “fun” and get “excited” with these “kinky” innovations...
1. Oculus Rift and Leap Motion - Expected in – 2015
The Oculus Rift could transform the way we experience a lot of things, including watching TV and movies, shopping, and even time. The 3D virtual reality headset, and others like it, will offer an immersive experience unlike anything we've ever seen outside of science fiction.
Combining a VR headset with a technology called Leap Motion, which allows the user's hands to interface with the virtual world instead of using a controller, will elevate the experience to the point that it's indistinguishable from reality! If you know what we mean!!!
Reports say that such immersive, realistic, customizable porn could be available as early as 2015.
2. Haptic bodysuits - Expected in – Soon enough, but not this year for sure!
Virtual reality will bring a new level of visual immersion to the pornographic experience, but even that thrill will wear off without the experience of touch. So much of the sensuality of sex comes from touching and being touched - and soon, we'll be able to experience that virtually, too.
Also known as tactile feedback suits, wearable garments that simulate touch are already being developed for gaming purposes, and more lurid applications can't be far behind. It's not difficult to imagine two lovers, wearing full-body haptic suits and VR headsets, exploring each other's bodies while hundreds of miles apart in reality. Long distance relationship, anyone?
3. Robotic exoskeletons - Expected in - 2015
This one to make marathon sex less exhausting. For the sexual adventurer who has everything - except superhuman stamina and flexibility - a tactile feedback-equipped exoskeleton might come to the rescue. Because tactile feedback is great for virtual reality, but some people will always prefer the real thing.
Panasonic plans to release the first commercial exoskeleton this year, with a price tag of about $5,000. While early models will no doubt be clunky and decidedly unsexy, future versions will become streamlined and lightweight, offering would-be sexual cyborgs the greatest stamina enhancer since Viagra.
Scientists at the Harvard Biodesign Lab are already working on a soft exosuit that can be worn under the clothing; if it succeeds, there's no reason one couldn't make one for wearing in lieu of clothes.
4. Robotic arms - Expected in – Soon, date yet to figure out
Here's where things get very strange indeed. Futurist Zoltan Istvan predicts that developing technology that allows a leg prosthesis to be fully integrated into the musculoskeletal system will be used to enhance the sexual experience.
Istvan also predicts that robotic fingers will soon be equipped with sensors that will make them far more sensitive than their biological counterparts. So, expect a third arm – for your own sexual pleasure!
5. Brain implants - Expected in – Remote future (dangerously)
Skip the sex entirely with brain-stimulating implants. It's been said that the brain is the biggest erogenous zone. Brain implants could enable us to bypass sex altogether, and instead directly stimulate the regions of the brain responsible for sexual pleasure. Conceivably one could do this with a partner, or multiple partners, effectively engaging in a literal orgy of the mind!!
Compared to the Pentagon's ongoing project to create brain implants to aid in the recall and processing of memory, a sexual pleasure implant seems like a trivial accomplishment. But if such a thing is possible, and can be done safely, there's no reason to think it won't happen.
6. Bioports - Expected in – Remote future
Remember the bioports in the movie The Matrix? Things like those could open up previously undiscovered realms of sexual exploration.
As far as ideas sure to trigger visceral revulsion in some, bioports are pretty high on the list. The idea of using bioports to interface directly with machines has been floating around in science fiction for a few decades, and it doesn't appear it's likely to become a reality in the near future.
But that's not discouraging in the least to Alex Lightman, futurist and executive director of Humanity+, an international transhumanist organization. He looks forward to a world in which "men and women will interpenetrate each other, multiply, and, as with USB 2.0 daisy-chaining, so will men, women, and androids be able to multiply-interpenetrate, locally or remotely."
7. Group minds - Expected in – Remote future
In Star Trek, the Borg is a collective hive mind bent on assimilating all other lifeforms into itself, destroying their autonomy in the process. Merging minds may give a whole new angle on sex.
Although collective minds are invariably portrayed as sinister in science fiction, futurist and Second Life resident Extropia DaSilva looks forward to a day when we'll be able to upload ourselves into cyberspace. If that's possible - and to be fair, it's a big IF - DaSilva thinks that virtual lovers could merge wholly with one another, becoming one ideal entity.
If so, the idea of marriage, in which two become one, will become rather more literal. Although, for her part, DaSilva doesn't expect monogamy to persist as a norm that far into the future! Things to wait and watch!!
8. Non-condom birth controls - Expected in – 2016-2017
Vasalgel, a new injection that acts as a temporary vasectomy for men, won’t protect against STDs — but in trials with baboons, it had 100% effectiveness in preventing pregnancy. The technology could be “on the market in 2016-2017,” but for those of you who can’t wait (and don’t mind a needle in a very sensitive area), human trials “start in early 2015.”
In related news, the days of girls exclusively being the ones who have to remember to pop a pill may soon be drawing to a close. Researchers in Indonesia have reportedly discovered that Justica gendarussa, a plant that’s common there, is 99% effective as birth control for men. It doesn’t alter male hormones, and may even increase libido. Don’t expect it stateside in the immediate future, but eager dudes could seek it out in Indonesia this year (although, we don’t recommend it).
9. Smartphone controlled sex-toys - Expected in – Already “in”
The old version of phone sex was always a little ridiculous, but “teledildonic” devices such as We-Vibe (along with its We-Connect app) and OhMiBod allow partners to create pleasurable vibrations from afar. These days, distance can make more than the heart grow fonder.
10. Sex with robots - Expected in – 10-15 years since now
A Real Doll won’t fool anyone today, but science fiction has predicted for decades that androids and humans will get it on eventually…and that kind of technology is ever-closer. It’s increasingly possible to render uncanny resemblances to human likeness. If guys are willing to use Fleshlights now…
Perhaps when Real Dolls can crack jokes and tell their mates, “You’re pretty,” they will become more popular among the female set?
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