Could This Be the Basis of a Cybersex Suit?

Science is off to a merry start in the early years of the 21st century.

Researchers have developed a way to hug someone over the internet.

I confess I didn't know about the emotional plight of chickens.

A wireless jacket for chickens or other pets can be controlled with a computer and gives the animal the feeling of being touched by its owner, researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) told Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

People too:

The team is thinking of a wireless pyjama suit for children, which would use the internet to adjust pressure and temperature to simulate the feeling of being hugged.

Parents wearing a similar suit could be "hugged" back by their children, the newspaper said.

So we may finally have the basic technology in place to create a garment capable of similating some of the presence of a lover: the ultimate cybersex device. There are allready remote controlled vibrators and the like. It should be amusing to see how this evolves.

Online hugs to be reality soon