Kissenger: developing a way to kiss from a distance

It is now possible to kiss someone from miles away. A new and ridiculous technological milestone.

The advance of new technologies affects all aspects of our lives, including our emotional relationships. For example, the FOMO syndrome can even intrude on family or friend gatherings when you are constantly checking your smartphone, and the same goes for the social isolation that some people experience by interacting with others only through the computer.

However, sometimes the opposite effect also occurs: technology allows people to be closer despite being physically distant. In fact, in a short time it is possible that kissing someone who is not in front of us will become commonplace... although this idea may be controversial. There are already certain devices that attach to electronic devices connected to the Internet in order to experience something similar to a kiss.

Lack of contact in long-distance relationships

Love and affection are phenomena that exist face-to-face, in contact with people and, fundamentally, through touch. and, fundamentally, through touch. The simple fact of not being able to kiss makes many long-distance relationships unsatisfactory, and one is not able to find an incentive in them to compensate for this feeling of frustration.

Thus, the impossibility of kissing can become a problem that wears down relationships. But... is it possible that the development of new technologies may provide an answer to this problem? Today, at least, some teams are already developing ideas to make remote kissing possible by means of wirelessly connected devices. Let's see what its features are and to what extent they have potential.

The Kiss Transmission Device

The Japan University of Electro-Communications has developed a machine that transmits tongue movements to another tongue, no matter how far away it may be.

It is used by placing one of its adapted parts inside the mouth, which will record the movements of the tongue.It is used by placing one of its adapted parts inside the mouth, which will record the movements being made and transmit them to another, which will move synchronously.

Kissenger Case

In addition to having created a gadget whose name is in itself a joke (it comes from the union of the words "kiss" and "messenger", but its resemblance to the surname of the German politician Henry Kissinger cannot be accidental), the City University of London has managed to create a flexible plastic case that attaches to the front of the smartphone, without covering the entire screen. The idea is to use it during video call sessions to add touch to the communication exchange based on image and sound. based on image and sound.

The device is capable of recognizing pressure differences and simple movement patterns, and can also amplify kissing sounds.

Kissinger Machine

Similar to the holster, this piggy-shaped machine has built-in plastic lips that move synchronously as their twin partner, who may be located far away, does.

Is it a good idea to kiss digitally?

These machines are curiosities developed by universities that demonstrate the degree of technical advances that are being developed in recent years, but it is not certain that they can be best sellers.

After all, one of the fundamental aspects of kissing is its psychological dimension, and kissing a plastic surface may be too strange an action to be perceived as something related to love and affection.

Moreover, the simple fact of having to fetch a device detracts from the spontaneity of kissing, making it seem somewhat more anonymous.making them more anodyne. Kissing may be a necessity, but it is no less true that it cannot be administered like a drug; it requires a certain spontaneity and a degree of intimacy that is very difficult to achieve with these machines.

In any case, only time will tell whether these remote kissing machines are a useful advance or not. In the meantime, video calls and cheap flights continue to be the great lifelines of long-distance relationships.