Kissenger: Virtual lips for long-distance lovers

Updated On: 24 July, 2012 07:39 AM IST | | Agencies

Finding it hard to keep up the passion in a long-distance relationship? Help might be on the way. A robotics professor in Singapore has invented a gadget equipped with motion-sensitive electronic 'lips' that allow amorous but absent couples to exchange long-distance smooches via the Internet.

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Kissenger: Virtual lips for long-distance lovers

Shaped like a small head with oversize silicone lips, the ‘Kissenger’ — short for Kiss Messenger — was unveiled in June at a scientific conference in Britain and is still being refined for commercial launch.

Love is in the air: Hooman Samani with his device Kissenger that allows long-distance couples to share virtual kisses. Pic/AFP