Lip Temperature and Pressure Reproduction... 'Remote Kiss Device' Emerges in China

About 100,000 won... Over 100 units sold per month
"Why to this extent..." Some say it's bizarre

A so-called 'remote kiss' device that delivers 'kisses' for long-distance couples who cannot be physically together has emerged. Although it uses fake lips, it even transmits temperature, giving the sensation of kissing an actual partner. Some buyers called it a "truly appreciated device," but many netizens described it as "bizarre."

Delivering the Feeling of a Kiss Using Fake Lips

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On the 24th, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that a video demonstrating a 'kiss delivery device' using silicone lips is rapidly spreading on Chinese social networking services (SNS) such as Weibo.

According to SCMP, the device’s silicone lips are linked to an application and use sensors to detect the temperature, pressure, and movements of the person’s real lips while kissing. This data is then transmitted to the device, which reproduces the exact same sensations on the silicone lips and sends them to the partner’s device. The video even shows the silicone lips moving as if kissing a real person.

The price is about 550 yuan (approximately 100,000 KRW) for a pair, or about 260 yuan (approximately 50,000 KRW) for a single unit. Actual purchases have been made, with around 100 units sold per month on Taobao, a Chinese e-commerce platform. One man who bought the device left a review calling it "a grateful technology."

The man who claims to have invented the device explained that he came up with the idea after being in a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend for seven years. He stated that the device can only be paired between one sender and one receiver at a time, and that both parties must consent to pairing.

Netizens expressed opposition, questioning "Is it really necessary to kiss using fake lips?" One netizen said, "I don’t know if kissing is absolutely necessary to this extent," while another sarcastically commented, "It’s a genius invention, but it should have a tongue too."

Continuously Invented 'Kiss Transmitters'

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Meanwhile, this is not the first kiss transmitter. In 2011, CNN introduced a 'kiss transmitter' developed at the Kajimoto Laboratory of the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, Japan. This device involved placing one’s mouth on a plastic tube and rotating the tongue as if kissing; a computer recorded these movements and replicated them on another tube.

CNN described the invention as a "quirky Japanese invention" and said it "looks like a police breathalyzer." A graduate student from the research team said, "If a famous celebrity uses the device and offers it to fans, it would become very popular."

SCMP explained that the current kiss delivery device is similar to the 'Kissenger' (Kiss + Messenger), a kiss transmitter released in 2016. A research team at London Metropolitan University invented the 'Kissenger,' which transmits the feeling of a kiss to the partner by kissing a rubber pad attached to a smartphone, designed for remote couples who find chatting or calling insufficient.

Kissenger also transmits the pressure of the lips intact, allowing users to kiss as if in a real situation. Emma Yan Chang, a researcher at London Metropolitan University’s Haptics Research Center, introduced it as "an efficient communication method to convey deep emotions and intimacy to the other person." She added that it is possible not only for couples but also for families, explaining that if a grandmother presses her cheek against the pad, the grandson can feel as if he is being kissed on the cheek in reality.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.