Gizmodo
Remember when it was cool to joke about how the vibrating Wii remote looked, felt and behaved pretty much like a vibrator? No? Well, too bad, because it turns out that the two were more similar than the light-hearted humor suggested. In fact, both tools of pleasure employ technology built from a patent from the same company, Immersion.
Sure, Immersion uses an alter ego, "Internet Services, LLC," as an alias for when it licenses the rights to its "teledildonic gaming devices" patent to pleasure seekers of the flesh variety, but it's still the same tech at heart. Next up: A DIY project that turns the Wii Fit balance board into a customized Tantric sit-and-spin BMI calculator. Who's with me? [Boing Boing Gadgets]
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Best picture edit ever.
I am!
....or i could just use my vibrator?
"why does mine smell..."
Classic.
heh, am i supposed to see something in here?
No?
okay.
Nintendo should definitely make colored Wiimotes
I've been reading about this kind of stuff over at slashdong. It's a neat idea, especially for those of us whom vibrators just aren't... enough.
Imagine trying to play mario kart at the same time. Rule 34, look for it in the future.
I know why yours smells...
Girls Gone Wild already did this...sort of..they had a girl (underage I'm sure) put a remote inside of her RJ-45 and turn on a TV or something.
So THATS why those Wii units are flying off the shelves! Wonder if that's the same company made those Harry Potter "flying broom" toys that people were using for... 'other' purposes because they were like an industrial-strength vibrator?
[www.cwfa.org]
LOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL....
I remember that headline. God, it was so bad to think about.
"Most popular toy this season, the Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 ... surprisingly enough, the major consumers appear to be females ... which is actually not surprising considering these fuckers vibrate off the table faster than you can say, "Glad I didn't miss THAT call." ... now onto the 11 o' clock weather report, which nobody gives a damn about because if you can afford the TV and cable YOU'RE NOT SLEEPING OUTSIDE. Tom?"
while the voice bubble has the correct Gizmodo-approved white-on-red color scheme... the font is completely incorrect as well as the bubble shape.
the only thing i "smell" is a cheap chinese knock-off voice bubble.
I still don't get it - why a Wiimote and not an actual purpose-built vibrator? I'm sure you can get an industrial strengh one. Hell, you could probably even get an industrial vibrator, were you thus inclined!
[en.wikipedia.org]
"Why does mine smell!!?!"
Heh heh heh. Thaaat's juusst naaastee..
I'm sorry, but how can putting a weight on a motor be patentable?
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