French Kissing With Your iPhone
Now you’re going to have to bear with me while I explain the concept behind this idea. The Kajimoto Laboratory iat the University of Electro-Communications in Japan is conducting research into tactile communications, with the aim of creating a device which can effectively transmit the feeling of a French kiss.
Described, somewhat crudely as ‘the device for communications within the mouth’, the objective is to obtain the feeling of French kissing somebody.
Now, I’m not convinced this can really work, or even, to be honest that I want it too. I much prefer the real thing but in some instances I can see that there could be a market for this. Imagine if you could French kiss your idol – well obviously that sounds nice but I mean via this device. Could be interesting for fans perhaps?
At present the Kajimoto Labs have only managed to get this working via PC but they would like to develop the concept for mobile apps.
As we and Kajimoto know only too well the elements of a kiss include the sense of taste, the maner of breathing and the moistness of the tongue. They point out ‘If we can recreate all of those elements we believe it will be a very powerful device’.
Take a look at the video above, and let us know your thoughts.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
