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'Intimacy' Device Lets Long-Distance Lovers Express Affection With Light

by Caleb Johnson on August 6, 2009 at 02:39 PM


Cell phones and computers have made it much easier for long-distance lovers to remain romantic. However, text messages and e-mails lack that intimate touch. While it's still not quite the same as being there, a new device from Distance Lab aims to keep that flame burning strong in long-distance relationships.

BBC News reports that the Mutsugoto, which has been in development for nearly two years, will be tested this weekend by a couple in Edinburgh and London. Here's how this weird device works. Each person wears a touch-activated ring. When the person living in Edinburgh, for instance, moves his or her hand, a camera detects the movement and transmits signals to a mechanism that displays a beam of light on the person living in London. Essentially, the system enables you to draw on your significant other's body with beams of light. The device is meant for use in a private place like a bedroom, which would lend a different level of intimacy than, for instance, using a cell phone in public.

This is definitely one of the more bizarre devices to have come along lately. It just doesn't make much sense. How exactly does a beam of light represent an 'intimate' connection? It seems like Web cams or even a phone call would prove more intimate. After all, what happened to using words to express how you feel? [From: BBC News and Distance Lab]

Tags: camera, intimacy, long distance relationships, LongDistanceRelationships, love, online dating, OnlineDating, relationships, top, uk, weird

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