{"id":60101,"date":"2016-12-21T02:58:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T02:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/bizarre-robot-lips-let-you-kiss-long-distance-lovers-from-anywhere-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2016-12-21T02:58:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T02:58:27","slug":"bizarre-robot-lips-let-you-kiss-long-distance-lovers-from-anywhere-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/bizarre-robot-lips-let-you-kiss-long-distance-lovers-from-anywhere-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre robot \u2018lips\u2019 let you kiss long-distance lovers from anywhere in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A robot set of lips is promising to put the passion back into long-distance relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Lovotics Kissenger is a silicone mouthpiece that allows you to smooch your partner from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The bizarre device connects to your phone and will match a partner\u2019s lip movements and pressure in real-time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As well as feeling the kiss of a long-distance loved one, the device even lets you smell them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold\">\u00a0Scroll down for video<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-93c31a8c384cb384\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"353\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Scientists have created silicon robot lips that let you kiss someone from anywhere in the world. The 'Kissenger' mouthpiece (pictured) connects to your phone and will match a partner's lip movements in real-time\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-93c31a8c384cb384\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/20\/09\/3B88D9A500000578-4050916-image-a-10_1482227775139.jpg\" height=\"353\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Scientists have created silicon robot lips that let you kiss someone from anywhere in the world. The 'Kissenger' mouthpiece (pictured) connects to your phone and will match a partner's lip movements in real-time\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Scientists have created silicon robot lips that let you kiss someone from anywhere in the world. The \u2018Kissenger\u2019 mouthpiece (pictured) connects to your phone and will match a partner\u2019s lip movements in real-time<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The \u2018Kissenger\u2019 \u2013 a combination of \u2018kiss\u2019 and \u2018messenger\u2019 \u2013 is designed to make online video chat with a partner more intimate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">To use the device, distant lovers connect the mouthpiece to their phone and press their lips to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kissenger\u2019s software then reads the pressure from each pair of lips and transmits it across the globe to the mouthpiece at the other end.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/19\/11\/3B83975300000578-0-image-m-16_1482147904265.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Santa ISN\u2019T sexist if he gives your daughter a doll:\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/19\/09\/3B72D4E900000578-0-image-a-5_1482140442187.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>The tiles that make buildings INVISIBLE: Smart\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/19\/16\/3B85B9D600000578-0-image-m-19_1482164625285.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Facebook Messenger FINALLY unveils group video calls that\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/19\/23\/3B87448200000578-0-image-m-44_1482191733096.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Google\u2019s \u2018Waymo\u2019 reveals its self driving minivan: 100 of\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It reproduces the exact force of each kisser using six mini-sensors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And the silicon lining is designed to feel just like human skin, producing a realistic kiss in-time with a distant lover\u2019s lip movements.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7444e857477e3a3e\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Distant lovers can simply connect the mouthpiece to their phone and press their lips to it. Kissenger's software then reads the pressure from each pair of lips and transmits it across the globe to the mouthpiece at the other end. This image shows the two models available\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7444e857477e3a3e\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/20\/09\/3B88D9AB00000578-4050916-image-a-11_1482227800282.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Distant lovers can simply connect the mouthpiece to their phone and press their lips to it. Kissenger's software then reads the pressure from each pair of lips and transmits it across the globe to the mouthpiece at the other end. This image shows the two models available\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Distant lovers can simply connect the mouthpiece to their phone and press their lips to it. Kissenger\u2019s software then reads the pressure from each pair of lips and transmits it across the globe to the mouthpiece at the other end. This image shows the two models available<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">HOW DOES IT WORK?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Kissenger\u2019 is the world\u2019s first mobile kissing messenger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Distant lovers connect the mouthpiece to their phone and press their lips to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kissenger\u2019s software then reads the pressure from each pair of lips and transmits it across the globe to the mouthpiece at the other end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It reproduces the exact force of each kisser using six mini-sensors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And the silicon lining is designed to feel just like human skin, producing a realistic kiss in-time with a distant lover\u2019s movements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Users can even put their partner\u2019s body odour or perfume into the device for extra authenticity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Users can even put their partner\u2019s body odour or perfume into the device for extra authenticity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the developers, a small team of engineers from City University London and Japan, are not stopping there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They are now creating full-sized silicon heads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Emma Yann Zhang, a Kissenger team engineer and PhD student from City University London, said:\u2019 We want to make a robotic head with silicon to make a fully kissable robot using the same technology as the mobile phone version.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018We\u2019ll embed control sensors in the robot\u2019s head instead.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The team hope that their devices will one day be used to kiss virtual characters, such as popular virtual sex icon Lara Croft, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Kissenger mouthpiece technology was revealed at the second Love and Sex Robot conference at Goldsmith\u2019s University, London, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The device is just a prototype for now, and date and price for sale has yet to be disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7b026a3ad2d69e81\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The silicon lining is designed to feel just like human skin, producing a realistic kiss in-time with a distant lover's lip movements and users can even put their partner's body odour or perfume into the device for extra authenticity\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7b026a3ad2d69e81\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/20\/09\/3B88D99C00000578-4050916-image-a-12_1482227808574.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The silicon lining is designed to feel just like human skin, producing a realistic kiss in-time with a distant lover's lip movements and users can even put their partner's body odour or perfume into the device for extra authenticity\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The silicon lining is designed to feel just like human skin, producing a realistic kiss in-time with a distant lover\u2019s lip movements and users can even put their partner\u2019s body odour or perfume into the device for extra authenticity<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Many in long distance relationships suffer from a loss of intimacy with their partner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Kissenger\u2019s creators hope to close that romantic gap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking to erotic industry news site EAN\u00a0last year,\u00a0Dinos Andreou, Business Development Executive of Kissengers, said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018There are thousands of ways someone can send a kiss, and having a device able to replicate all of them would mean restructuring a complete artificial mouth, lips and tongue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Something like that would be extremely expensive to make with current technology and it would be a strange product on stand-alone basis as well as kind of creepy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018We needed to focus on the simplest and most commonly used kiss, the simple smooch, and find a way of making the lips move in a realistic and acceptable way considering the limitations, and get the product to the market as quickly as possible.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Andreou and his team are not just targeting couples in long distance relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Although long distance couples are the main customer group, they are not the only ones which exchange kisses,\u2019 Mr Andreou says.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3f576be1a1d7e02f\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"362\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The developers are now creating\u00a0full-sized snogging silicon heads, and hope to develop\u00a0snogging devices that will one day be used to kiss virtual characters, such as popular virtual sex icon Lara Croft\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3f576be1a1d7e02f\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/20\/09\/3B88D99800000578-4050916-image-a-13_1482227813856.jpg\" height=\"362\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The developers are now creating\u00a0full-sized snogging silicon heads, and hope to develop\u00a0snogging devices that will one day be used to kiss virtual characters, such as popular virtual sex icon Lara Croft\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The developers are now creating\u00a0full-sized snogging silicon heads, and hope to develop\u00a0snogging devices that will one day be used to kiss virtual characters, such as popular virtual sex icon Lara Croft<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Even couples who live in the same city but not in the same house would benefit from that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Sending a kiss goodnight through the Kissenger would be a much better option than an \u201cxxx\u201d text message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018We are also targeting families where one child is abroad studying, or where the mother\/father spends a lot of time at work away from their baby.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The team eventually hope to create full-sized silicon robots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The Kissenger is our first product, a baby step into becoming an independent company,\u2019\u00a0Mr Andreou told EAN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018We will not rest until we are able to create a full-on surrogate which could transfer every single sense from across the globe.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The uses and the good something like that can bring to mankind are endless.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1fc1eee1f8235c4e\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"350\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pictured is the interior of each of the kissing devices, with wireless connectivity, actuator motors that drive the kiss, and silicon lips\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1fc1eee1f8235c4e\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/20\/09\/3B88D9AF00000578-4050916-image-a-14_1482227817069.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pictured is the interior of each of the kissing devices, with wireless connectivity, actuator motors that drive the kiss, and silicon lips\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pictured is the interior of each of the kissing devices, with wireless connectivity, actuator motors that drive the kiss, and silicon lips<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A robot set of lips is promising to put the passion back into long-distance relationships. 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