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18 posts tagged technology
Sex & Tech: How Technology Has Escalated Our Access to Sex and Porn.
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RealTouch wants to bring teledildonics to Afghanistan. Company manager Scott Rinaldo, appearing at a CES party sponsored by porn firm Pink Visual, said he’s working on distributing “a thousand dildos for the military wives”—in this case, Internet-connected sex toys that can let families thousands of miles apart get intimate.
To learn more about how technology is changing the way e can enjoy sex, read more here.

Strange Flesh by novelist Michael Olson, is a novel about emerging technology and particularly technology involving sex and sex toys… but it’s more than that.
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Check out Sexual Recovery Institute Founder, Robert Weiss’ latest blog post on his Psych Central “Sex & Intimacy in the Digital Age” blog!


There is never a dull moment in the sex-nology industry. If you don’t like what you see (or feel), just wait a few months and someone will invent a gadget or program to suit your every sexual taste and desire.
In addition to their sex-partner-seeking, geo-location abilities, smart phones are among the latest gadgets revolutionizing the rapidly evolving world of virtual sexuality. Just as video sales in the 80s, cable and satellite TV in the 90s, and Internet growth over the past decade have been in part fueled by porn, the sex industry is now actively involved in smart phone-based virtual sex!
Electronic hardware and software companies are also working together to evolve virtual male sex toys, some of which were shown at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Without doubt there is a highly charged technological race toward making virtual sex more like the real deal – then finding the best way to market, sell and profit from what can be considered an entirely new world of “personal products.”
Click here to read the rest of this article that I wrote for PsychCentral.com
VirtualSx: Questions for a Sex-Positive, Neutral Dialogue
• How has technology changed our attitudes about sex, intimacy and relationships?
•What is cheating and have the definitions of infidelity changed?
•What are the implications on youth and how they view healthy sexuality?
•Are sexually addictive behaviors increasing and is sex addiction real?
For more info on VirtualSX, follow Twitter hashtag #VirtualSx and VirtualSx Tumblr.
Robert Weiss: VirtualSx Panelist
Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S is Founding Director of The Sexual Recovery Institute, Los Angeles and Director of Sexual Disorders Services at The Ranch Treatment Center in Nunnelly, Tennessee. A UCLA MSW graduate, Mr. Weiss received extensive post-graduate sexual disorder’s training with addiction author and clinical leader, Dr. Patrick Carnes. Mr. Weiss is author of several books including on sexual addiction and intimacy disorders.
Mr. Weiss also provides professional training and program development for the US military and multi-addiction treatment centers around the United States, Europe and Asia. Recent media appearances include ESPN, The Today Show, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King Live and Dateline NBC. In a field with few genuine experts, Mr. Weiss is a specialized, knowledgeable and recognizable provider in the field of intimacy, addiction and sexual disorders.
For more info on VirtualSX, follow Twitter hashtag #VirtualSx and VirtualSx Tumblr.
For more info on Robert Weiss, visit http://www.sexualrecovery.com/ and http://www.robertweissmsw.com/.
David Sack: VirtualSx Moderator
David Sack, MD, President and CEO of Elements Behavioral Health. He is Board Certified Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine with extensive operational experience.
Dr. Sack previously served as President of College Health IPA, now the largest behavioral health group in California, SVP Community Programs Aspen Education Group, a startup he grew to > $20M, Senior VP Clinical Research, Comprehensive Neuroscience, Inc , a CNS focused SMO, where he grew his division from $5M to $30M.
For more info on VirtualSX, follow Twitter hashtag #VirtualSx and VirtualSx Tumblr.
For more info on David Sack and Elements Behavioral Health, visit http://www.promises.com/staff.php#administrative and http://www.elementsbehavioralhealth.com/.