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Remember the Tasp from Larry Niven's Ringworld? They invented it.

2 pointsby ghiotionabout 17 years ago

3 comments

iceyabout 17 years ago
"Meloy has yet to test the device on men, but says there's no reason it shouldn't work in the same way."<p>I don't know about you, but I'm going to start investing in Fruit of the Loom RIGHT NOW.
pchristensenabout 17 years ago
"a signal generator smaller than a packet of cigarettes implanted under the skin of one of the patient's buttocks" - that's a not-insignificant catch.<p>Also, I could see this causing some serious psychological cognitive dissonance - the stimulation coming without any of the other physical and mental factors associated with orgasms. Kind of like when that Chinese guy got a penile transplant and he had to get it removed because his wife found it creepy.
Xichekolasabout 17 years ago
Doesn't orgasm-on-demand kind of cheapen it?<p>Then again, think about how much young males would accomplish if they didn't spend all that time masturbating. Of course, they'd probably just do it more.<p>Maybe if you toned it down to non-orgasm status it would make my work day better...