Artificial Virginity Hymen. Yes, It Exists
It’s hard to be delicate about this product, but I shall try. The Artificial Virginity Hymen is something that could have life-saving uses in parts of the world where women’s sexuality is oppressed. The diaphragm is designed to break and discharge fluid during intercourse, and while it could actually be used to avoid life-long stigmatization in cultures which demand virginity before marriage, it is more likely to be used as a toy or even as a value-added extra for sex professionals.
And as the Lady pointed out when her essential opinion was solicited, it is unlikely that a woman who may need this would have access to it anyway. Then again, it is being marketed on a sex-toy website, and catering to all kinds of fetishes is of course just fine. Maybe it’s the produce pitch itself which rankles so, insensitive and rather icky as it is. I have pasted it in below so you don’t have to click through to a sex-toy site from your office computer.
There is one thing we can learn from this. If you ever find yourself thinking “I wonder if they make …?” then the answer is almost certainly a big “yes.”
Product page [Gigimo via Geekologie]
No more worry about losing your virginity. With this product, you can have your first night back anytime. Insert this artificial hymen into your vagina carefully. It will expand a little and make you feel tight. When your lover penetrate, it will ooze out a liquid that look like blood not too much but just the right amount. Add in a few moans and groans, you will pass through undetectable. Its easy to use, clinically proven non-toxic to human and has no side effects, no pain to use and no allergic reaction.
Rubik’s TouchCube: $150 Price Is a Puzzle
I remember when the Rubik’s Cube first came out. I was in school, and pretty much the coolest thing a kid could do was to solve the devilish puzzle. I learned the secret, thanks to a couple sheets of hand-written instructions from my dad’s friend, and it was the first and only time in my school career that it was cool to be a geek. Of course, the girls soon went back to swooning over the bad boys who spat and swore, but I can still do the cube.
But I wonder if muscle memory would translate the moves to this needlessly complex, touch-sensitive version of Ernő Rubik’s brain and finger teaser? Instead of moving parts, you swipe your finger and the cube “rotates” the corresponding slice or layer. See it in motion and it is hard to follow, and to understand it, it is an advantage to have seen the mechanical version.
The TouchCube first did the rounds in February, but it is apparently now on sale in Best Buy and will doubtlessly be in museum shops and gadget stores soon enough. And because there is a processor inside, the cube can not only solve itself, or tease you with the minimum number of moves needed to complete it — it can also teach you to solve the puzzle. I’m skeptical. Although having a self-solving cube sounds nice, we learned years ago that removing the stickers, or just disassembling and re-building the cube could get you back to the beginning. And I’l bet that our Vaseline-greased cubes, despite their hinges and axles, move way quicker than this. $150.
Product page [Rubik’s TouchCube]
See Also:
- iPhone App Solves Rubik's Cube in 20 Moves or Better
- Stunningly Clever Rubik's Cube Mod
- Rubik's Revolution Adds Electronic Bling to Cube
