If there is any question we here at Suicidebots.com get asked the most often, it would have to be “What the hell are you doing with that, get that thing away from me!”

The second most-asked question, is, of course, “When do I get my pleasure bot?”.

Aside from scolding the asker for not doing their homework, we gently point them towards things like this super nifty SXSW panel, “Sex and Computational Technology”.

Computer technology has moved off the desktop and into homes, cars, pockets, and urban streets, in support of human relationships casual or intimate. Sex is an important facet of human experience, something that intertwines with intimacy, domesticity, mental health, play, and many other areas of our lives. Sex + tech is more than lots o’ internet porn. Let’s talk about teledildonics, virtuality, intimate interfaces, assistive technologies, and more.

Yes, it’s *is* more like a precursor to the possibility of a palpable pleasure bot, but would we have the space program without the first gentle twitterings of Sputnik? I ask you.

This panel features leading lights of the sex and tech revolution: Amanda Williams of the University of California at Irvine; Violet Blue, Blogger, Podcaster, Open Source Sex; Johanna Brewer of the University of California at Irvine; Kyle Machulis Engineer, Nonpolynomial Labs; Cory Silverberg Author & Educator, Come As You Are & About.com.

Give the podcast a listen then come back here and ask us again why you don’t have a pleasurebot yet.
Go On. We dare you.

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