Kissenger: they develop the way to kiss from a distance

The advancement of new technologies affects all aspects of our lives; also to our affective relationships. For example, him FOMO syndrome You can get to intrude on family or friends gatherings when you are constantly checking your smartphone, and the same happens with the social isolation that some people experience for interacting with others only through the computer.

However, sometimes the opposite effect also occurs: technology allows people to be closer despite being physically apart. In fact, in a short time it is possible that kissing someone who is not in front of us will become habitual... Although this idea can bring controversy. There are already certain devices that are attached to electronic devices connected to the Internet to be able to experiment something like 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. The simple fact of not being able to kiss makes many long-distance relationships unsatisfying. and that you are not able to find an incentive in them that compensates for that feeling of frustration.

Thus, the impossibility of kissing can become a problem that wears out relationships. But... Is it possible that the development of new technologies allows us to provide an answer to this problem? Today, at least, there are some teams that are already developing ideas to make remote kissing possible through devices connected to each other wirelessly. Let's see what their features are and to what extent they have potential.

The Kiss Transmission Device

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

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

Kissenger cover

In addition to having created a gadget whose name is itself a joke (it comes from the union of the words "kiss" and "messenger", but its resemblance to the last name of the German politician henry kissinger It can't 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.

This gadget is capable of recognizing differences in pressure and simple movement patterns, and also allows amplifying the sounds of the kiss.

kissinger machine

In a similar way to the case, this piggy-shaped machine has lips of plastic that move in a synchronized way just like their twin pair does, which can be located very far.

Is the idea of ​​kissing digitally a good one?

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

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

Besides, the simple fact of having to go looking for a device reduces the spontaneity of kisses, making them appear somewhat more bland. Kisses may be a necessity, but it is no less true that they cannot be administered like a drug; They need a certain spontaneity and a degree of intimacy that is very difficult to achieve using these machines.

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