The inside story of how a Chinese sex robot conference sparked an 'authenticity' battle
https://sextechguide.com/events/sex-robot-conference-split-2026/
🔵 Next week (8–13 September), Dr Curtis Runstedler AFHEA, our post doc at IRIS, will travel to Karachi, Pakistan, to give two invited lectures at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA).
🔵 For IRIS, his first lecture takes a critical posthuman feminist perspective on the commodification of sex robots and artificial intimacy in contemporary speculative fiction. He will discuss works such as Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein, Paolo Bacigalupi’s Mika Model, and Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot.
🔵 This lecture draws on a new journal article he co-authored with Dr. Sercan Hamza Bağlama (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi), which is currently under review.
🔵 We are excited to see Dr. Runstedler represent IRIS in Karachi and to contribute to international conversations on literature, technology, and ethics.
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> Depressed and Lonely? There Could Be a Robotic Sex Partner in Your Future https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/18/depressed-and-lonely-there-could-be-a-robotic-sex-partner-in-your-future/
They may be expensive (at least now), but someone is buying them; the market for them is strong. For me, if the Better Half goes first, the option is likely a monastery given too many high maintenance folks in the modern dating pool, and the robot is out of my budget.
There have been several technologies that caused fundamental shifts in the way sex tech products are designed, produced, and used - Graphene may be the next.
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On one end of the spectrum, we find individuals who identify as digisexuals and exclusively engage in sexual activities with digital entities, eliminating human contact.
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To understand the impact graphene might have on sex tech, it's useful to break down its individual material properties and judge how they might be implemented.
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🚀 From launching to vanishing, the sextech industry is a wild ride! One company's story is a stark reminder of the high stakes in #Sextech. #IndustryInsights 🎢
SEXTECHGUIDE 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW
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From clits to robot lips: 20 things that rocked the sextech world in 2023
🌀 Dive into the future of pleasure with advancements in #ClitoralStimulation technology shaped to fit the real you! #SextechRevolution #AnatomyMeetsInnovation 🌐
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