Vibrating kGoal activity tracker monitors vaginal exercises. Activity trackers are becoming more personal – instead of fitting around the wrist, this grenade-shaped product inserts into the vagina to help strengthen pelvic floor muscles and vibrates to give workout feedback.
San Francisco start-up Minna Life designed the kGoal to help women exercise their pelvic floor muscles correctly. "kGoal is an innovative product that will be instrumental in pelvic floor strengthening for women," said physical therapist Liz Miracle, who worked on the project. 11 Brilliant Condom Concepts That Improve The "User Experience" It's hard to beat condoms as an all-around defense against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.
They're cheap, generally reliable, and easy to carry around. But they could be better. If they were easier to put on ("don" is the correct word) and offered better sensation, more people might use them, and we might prevent more disease and unplanned children. Since launching its first call for new condom concepts, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has received hundreds of ideas from around the world.
Last November, it awarded $100,000 grants to eight good ideas, and now it's giving money to 11 more projects. Female condoms. Form 2 by Fuseproject. San Francisco designer Yves Behar of Fuseproject has designed a sex toy in collaboration with Ethan Imboden of sex toy brand JimmyJane.
The design features two positionable, independently-powered tips. It has rechargeable batteries and is waterproof. Called Form 2, the product is the first in a collection called Pleasure to the People. Graphene could mean "more pleasurable" condoms. News: condoms made by combining latex with new wonder material graphene would be "thinner, stronger, safer and more pleasurable," according to scientists developing uses for the ultra-thin material.
Combinins graphene - a honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms that is just one atom thick - could revolutionise the design of condoms, say researchers. "This composite material will be tailored to enhance the natural sensation during intercourse while using a condom, which should encourage and promote condom use," said Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan of the University of Manchester. Yesterday his team announced it had received a £62,000 grant from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, set up by the Microsoft founder and his wife to tackle world health issues. An Alarm Clock Sex Toy To Gently Buzz Your Genitals Awake In The Morning. Do you have a hate-hate relationship with your alarm clock?
Are you fussing and fretting over what to get your loved ones for the holidays? Fear not, for the Little Rooster is here to give you the best waking up experience you've had. "How is it that, until 2011, the alarm clock vibrator was not a thing? " Adventures In Teledildonics: Sleek New Toys For Futuristic Computer Sex. There are some great sex aids on the market.
But does your vibrator allow you to pleasure your partner over Skype while they sit on the other end doing absolutely no work at all? Didn't think so. With the Elaico, a device developed by a German-American designer Fabio Himmelstoss, it all becomes possible. It works like this. Stoya on the Great Condom Debate. Photo via Harm reduction strategies are meant to reduce the harm associated with certain activities through education, illness prevention, and treatment.
The adult industry’s system of regular STI testing and exposure tracking protocol is one such method of harm reduction. I would argue that the laws and rules associated with driving are also a kind of harm reduction. In the case of roads, two-ton vehicles are rocketing around at speeds faster than the most exceptional horse could ever hope to reach. Smile Makers sex toys by Ramblin' Brands. Product news: whether you fancy the Frenchman, the Millionaire, the Tennis Coach or the Fireman, the characters in this range of designer sex toys have been created in response to stereotypical female fantasies. Form 3 by fuseproject for Jimmyjane. This waterproof sex toy has been designed by San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject for sex toy brand JimmyJane.
Love the Bird by Marc Dibeh. Love Design by various designers. Milan 09: Twenty designers including Arik Levy (above) and Matali Crasset (below) will exhibit sex toys and other objects on the theme of love in Milan next month, during the furniture fair.
The exhibition, called Love Design, consists of objects designed "to enhance (or distort) our pleasurable sense of togetherness". Top image ⓒ Ldesign. Above image ⓒ Driss Hadria. The objects all appear in a book, also called Love Design, which is published in April. Above: Bedside Lamp by Matteo Cibic. Smile Makers. Smile Makers sex toys by Ramblin' Brands. Euro Condom by Ingo Maurer. Milan 09: German lighting designer Ingo Maurer launched Euro Condom, a protest against new European guidelines banning frosted incandescent bulbs, at the Euroluce lighting fair in Milan last month.
The opaque condoms fit over clear incandescent bulbs - which are not affected by the guidelines - to give a similar effect to the banned bulbs. Here's some text from Maurer: The Euro Condom consists of a thin, heat-resistant silicone cover that turns a clear bulb into a frosted one. Frosted bulbs will be banned by the new EU guideline on light sources beginning September 2009, because they are said give off less light than clear bulbs.
Design for pleasure on Industrial Design Served. The product is made of silicon and in the palm of the hand; eight metal balls move freely inside the silicon to massage the body.Paola Bjaringer, founder of Exquise Design For Pleasure, explained the concept to us:“The first Exquise collection is on the theme of LOVE. Loving yourself, your body, your own touch, through an object of beautiful and intelligent design. In other words reinventing the notion of ’sex toy’ by adding the fundamentally missing element: design thinking by real pros. Matali is one of them. “For that I commissionned several women designers from different countries, ages and notoriety. Condom device wins Most Beautiful award.
Design Indaba update: a condom applicator designed to help AIDS prevention has been named the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa by Dutch designer Jurgen Bey. Bey, who was in Cape Town to speak at the Design Indaba conference last week, selected the product from a shortlist of 15 products at the Design Indaba Expo. The applicator, invented by Willem van Rensburg and designed by industrial designer Roelf Mulder of South Africa's XYZ Design, allows a condom to be put on easily and rapidly. The user holds the device with the thumb and forefinger of both hands, pulling the condom down over the penis in a single rapid movement. See video demonstrations of the product here and here. It is hoped the design will encourage the use of condoms, thereby helping reduce the spread of AIDS.
Google unveils video preview of Google Glass wearable headset. News: Google has released a video preview of Google Glass, the voice-controlled wearable headset that lets users send and receive messages, take pictures and search the web hands-free (+ movie). The video is shot from a first-person perspective as Google Glass wearers use voice commands to control the device. By uttering the phrase "okay Google", followed by one of the recognised commands, wearers can search the web, take pictures and record movies. Other features appear to include video chats, weather reports, map directions and an onscreen translation service. Google has also announced plans to expand its pre-order programme to "creative individuals who want to join us and be a part of shaping the future of Glass.
" Bearina by Ronen Kadushin. Berlin designer Ronen Kadushin has made a conceptual, open-source, contraceptive intrauterine device from a one-cent coin. His design is published under a Creative Commons license so that anyone can download and adapt the production files. Velv'Or Gentlemen Jewelry Bespoke. The Bespoke Jewelry collection of Velv'Or holds two very unique jewelry pieces. Doppelgänger by Didier Faustino. One Handed Condom Wrapper by Ben Pawle. 3D printed sex toy "phenomenon" Bespoke Sex Toys by Made to Pleasure. Made to Pleasusre , a new online venture allowing customers to customize their own sex toys opens today. Top: Ripple The online store features a bespoke boutique where customers can design their own sex toys using a standard template, altering the size and shape depending on personal preferences. An iPhone App That Turns Kinky Sex Into A To-Do List.
Long Distant Lovers Connect With Mobile Controlled Vibrating Underwear. Condom manufacturer Durex has developed a prototype vibrating underwear collection called ‘Fundawear’ that allows couples to touch one another over the internet. This Eco-Friendly Sex Toy Was A Prank, But Now It's Becoming Reality. The Swedish company Lelo doesn’t sell sex toys; they sell “pleasure objects.” Papa Salif Sow. HIV warning to women using injectable contraception. Women who rely on injectable contraception are being strongly advised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to also use condoms to protect them against the increased risk of HIV infection. A study in the Lancet last October found that women living in Aids-hit countries using progestogen-only injections, such as Depo-Provera, were twice as likely to become HIV positive as other sexually active women. The findings caused huge consternation, particularly among family planning experts.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the centre of the Aids epidemic, the contraceptive most women choose is a long-lasting injection, which they can keep secret from their partner. A Reinvented Condom You Actually Want To Wear, Coming Soon From The Gates Foundation. Application Instructions.