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I'm a bit surprised how many hardware are supported: https://iostindex.com/?filter0Availability=Available,DIY https://iostindex.com/?filter0Availability=Availab

I'm a bit surprised how many hardware are supported: https://iostindex.com/?filter0Availability=Available,DIY https://iostindex.com/?filter0Availability=Available,DIY . It's like a whole new world of names: estim machine, rabbit, bra vibrator, twerking butt deluxe, night howler, kinikat ... Even the Microsoft Xbox controller made the list.

qdot76367 6y ago
Yup! If it vibrates, we support it. The XBox controller (and other rumble gamepads) are probably the most widely owned vibrators, so hey, why not? I'm still trying to find a bluetooth electric toothbrush with a controls API. Most of them just have timers. :(
- TaylorAlexander 6y ago
  Qdot did I ever show you, like 8 years ago after some Arse Elektronica, my thrusting brushless linear motor based sex machine? I designed and built brushless linear motors from scratch as well as the drive electronics. Anyway I never made it in to a business and lately think I will open source it all. I was going to ask for your email but I just discovered metafetish, so I can post something there. I'll do so in a few days. Anyway I haven't seen you in 8-10 years but it's good to see you around here!
  - qdot76367 6y ago
    TAYLOR DUDE WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN Yeah you brought it to Jupiter when we met there way back when! I've been talking about it again lately because more people are building machines and I was all "Man I wonder what that dude is up to and if he's still working on that machine" I'll throw you email at your address in your bio!
    - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
      Hah yessss email me! In 2013 I switched from sex toys to Flutter Wireless (based on the wireless remote from the sex toy) and my kickstarter for Flutter met its funding goal. Six years of continuous burnout ensued. [1] Now I’m largely recovered and working half time to allow for open source development like my off road robot. [2] Hope you’ve been well and looking forward to catching up more. :) [1] https://youtu.be/huOzokY_fME https://youtu.be/huOzokY_fME [2] https://reboot.love/t/new-cameras-on-rover/ https://reboot.love/t/new-cameras-on-rover/
      - arcticbull 6y ago
        Wow the off-road rover is spectacular. My old roommate and I built one years ago, but out of hope, dreams, kapton tape and an iPhone running Skype (https://twitter.com/martinmroz/status/518511940675440640?s=20 https://twitter.com/martinmroz/status/518511940675440640?s=2...).
        TaylorAlexander 6y ago
        Oooh that looks like fun!
    - Imnimo 6y ago
      Is there anything more beautiful than seeing two old friends reconnect over memories of a motorized sex machine?
      - foobarian 6y ago
        Not just motorized but with custom built linear motors. Impressive!
  - HeyLaughingBoy 6y ago
    Screw the sex machine part (heh!), I want to hear about designing your own brushless linear motors!
    - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
      Heh yeah I am going to put some stuff on github and I suppose make a YouTube video about it. You can read the patent I filed though. I don’t think patents are cool anymore but at the time I was a lifelong goal: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20130237751A1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US20130237751A1/en
- Baeocystin 6y ago
  If you ever find one, let me know. I'd love to have a sonicare that just lets me use its power button as a simple on/off toggle. No timers, no 30-second stutters. Not even joking.
  - Nextgrid 6y ago
    I’m pretty sure you can disable those if you look in the manual.
    - Baeocystin 6y ago
      You can reset the brush back to easy-start mode, and do a thing where you reset the two minute timer. Haven't found a way to do just a simple on/off/no timer, though. I found this rather amazing rabbit hole of a page while looking: https://www.animated-teeth.com/electric_toothbrushes/b-sonicare-brushing-modes.htm https://www.animated-teeth.com/electric_toothbrushes/b-sonic... This says... something about modern dev practices. I'm not sure what.
- durkie 6y ago
  Hey qdot! Not sure if we've ever met, but definitely talked a bunch around the Comingle days...glad you're still working to make this happen! - Craig (formerly @ Comingle)
  - qdot76367 6y ago
    CRAIG! Hey! I think we talked once, during the lawsuit days. I still talk to Andrew every so often, and Comingle still comes up a lot! Hoping to do a video on my youtube channel about it soon, still have my Mod!
- aallen90 6y ago
  My dental insurance, Beam, sent me a free Bluetooth toothbrush when my company signed up. There's a companion app with plenty of settings to change power and patterns too. It may be worth looking into!
  - qdot76367 6y ago
    If you could let me know the brand/model, that'd be great. Thanks!
lykahb 6y ago
I didn't imagine Xbox controller fit in the butt.
- qdot76367 6y ago
  Yes. Please do not put the controller in your butt.
- craftinator 6y ago
  With enough peanut butter and acceleration, all things are possible.
dogma1138 6y ago
There used to be a “purring kitty” app for the old Symbian Nokia phones that was very popular, there were even special cases made for those phones I wonder if there is one for an Xbox controller.
- neurostimulant 6y ago
  Man I used to download that app not knowing what it was intended for. I thought it was just an app to test your phone's vibrator.
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  One can’t help but wonder how much that trend has accelerated now that the modern phone is waterproof and trivially cleaned.
  - dogma1138 6y ago
    The phones are much larger today too large to be inserted* tho. *comfortably, by most people I would assume.
    - ashtonkem 6y ago
      Lots of vibrators aren’t inserted.
ashtonkem 6y ago
The scope of things that people, usually teenagers, use as a vibrator is surprisingly wide. It’s not uncommon for game controllers and phones to serve this purpose for those who can’t get a dedicated device. The thing that comes to mind is the Harry Potter broom that vibrated to simulate flight, which had to be recalled after parents were outraged; although honestly I feel like everyone should’ve seen that coming.
- DonHopkins 6y ago
  Probably the same prudish parents who got outraged over the ET Finger Light. https://2warpstoneptune.com/2015/02/13/e-t-finger-light-knickerbocker-1982/ https://2warpstoneptune.com/2015/02/13/e-t-finger-light-knic... Or the Dune Sandworm Action Figure: https://2warpstoneptune.com/2014/08/28/ljns-dune-toys-sandworm-1984/ https://2warpstoneptune.com/2014/08/28/ljns-dune-toys-sandwo... Sometimes a Dune Sandworm Action Figure is only a Dune Sandworm Action Figure.

qdot76367 6y ago

Yup! If it vibrates, we support it. The XBox controller (and other rumble gamepads) are probably the most widely owned vibrators, so hey, why not? I'm still trying to find a bluetooth electric toothbrush with a controls API. Most of them just have timers. :(

TaylorAlexander 6y ago
Qdot did I ever show you, like 8 years ago after some Arse Elektronica, my thrusting brushless linear motor based sex machine? I designed and built brushless linear motors from scratch as well as the drive electronics. Anyway I never made it in to a business and lately think I will open source it all. I was going to ask for your email but I just discovered metafetish, so I can post something there. I'll do so in a few days. Anyway I haven't seen you in 8-10 years but it's good to see you around here!
- qdot76367 6y ago
  TAYLOR DUDE WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN Yeah you brought it to Jupiter when we met there way back when! I've been talking about it again lately because more people are building machines and I was all "Man I wonder what that dude is up to and if he's still working on that machine" I'll throw you email at your address in your bio!
  - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
    Hah yessss email me! In 2013 I switched from sex toys to Flutter Wireless (based on the wireless remote from the sex toy) and my kickstarter for Flutter met its funding goal. Six years of continuous burnout ensued. [1] Now I’m largely recovered and working half time to allow for open source development like my off road robot. [2] Hope you’ve been well and looking forward to catching up more. :) [1] https://youtu.be/huOzokY_fME https://youtu.be/huOzokY_fME [2] https://reboot.love/t/new-cameras-on-rover/ https://reboot.love/t/new-cameras-on-rover/
    - arcticbull 6y ago
      Wow the off-road rover is spectacular. My old roommate and I built one years ago, but out of hope, dreams, kapton tape and an iPhone running Skype (https://twitter.com/martinmroz/status/518511940675440640?s=20 https://twitter.com/martinmroz/status/518511940675440640?s=2...).
      - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
        Oooh that looks like fun!
  - Imnimo 6y ago
    Is there anything more beautiful than seeing two old friends reconnect over memories of a motorized sex machine?
    - foobarian 6y ago
      Not just motorized but with custom built linear motors. Impressive!
- HeyLaughingBoy 6y ago
  Screw the sex machine part (heh!), I want to hear about designing your own brushless linear motors!
  - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
    Heh yeah I am going to put some stuff on github and I suppose make a YouTube video about it. You can read the patent I filed though. I don’t think patents are cool anymore but at the time I was a lifelong goal: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20130237751A1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US20130237751A1/en
Baeocystin 6y ago
If you ever find one, let me know. I'd love to have a sonicare that just lets me use its power button as a simple on/off toggle. No timers, no 30-second stutters. Not even joking.
- Nextgrid 6y ago
  I’m pretty sure you can disable those if you look in the manual.
  - Baeocystin 6y ago
    You can reset the brush back to easy-start mode, and do a thing where you reset the two minute timer. Haven't found a way to do just a simple on/off/no timer, though. I found this rather amazing rabbit hole of a page while looking: https://www.animated-teeth.com/electric_toothbrushes/b-sonicare-brushing-modes.htm https://www.animated-teeth.com/electric_toothbrushes/b-sonic... This says... something about modern dev practices. I'm not sure what.
durkie 6y ago
Hey qdot! Not sure if we've ever met, but definitely talked a bunch around the Comingle days...glad you're still working to make this happen! - Craig (formerly @ Comingle)
- qdot76367 6y ago
  CRAIG! Hey! I think we talked once, during the lawsuit days. I still talk to Andrew every so often, and Comingle still comes up a lot! Hoping to do a video on my youtube channel about it soon, still have my Mod!
aallen90 6y ago
My dental insurance, Beam, sent me a free Bluetooth toothbrush when my company signed up. There's a companion app with plenty of settings to change power and patterns too. It may be worth looking into!
- qdot76367 6y ago
  If you could let me know the brand/model, that'd be great. Thanks!

lykahb 6y ago

I didn't imagine Xbox controller fit in the butt.

qdot76367 6y ago
Yes. Please do not put the controller in your butt.
craftinator 6y ago
With enough peanut butter and acceleration, all things are possible.

dogma1138 6y ago

There used to be a “purring kitty” app for the old Symbian Nokia phones that was very popular, there were even special cases made for those phones I wonder if there is one for an Xbox controller.

neurostimulant 6y ago
Man I used to download that app not knowing what it was intended for. I thought it was just an app to test your phone's vibrator.
ashtonkem 6y ago
One can’t help but wonder how much that trend has accelerated now that the modern phone is waterproof and trivially cleaned.
- dogma1138 6y ago
  The phones are much larger today too large to be inserted* tho. *comfortably, by most people I would assume.
  - ashtonkem 6y ago
    Lots of vibrators aren’t inserted.

ashtonkem 6y ago

The scope of things that people, usually teenagers, use as a vibrator is surprisingly wide. It’s not uncommon for game controllers and phones to serve this purpose for those who can’t get a dedicated device. The thing that comes to mind is the Harry Potter broom that vibrated to simulate flight, which had to be recalled after parents were outraged; although honestly I feel like everyone should’ve seen that coming.

DonHopkins 6y ago
Probably the same prudish parents who got outraged over the ET Finger Light. https://2warpstoneptune.com/2015/02/13/e-t-finger-light-knickerbocker-1982/ https://2warpstoneptune.com/2015/02/13/e-t-finger-light-knic... Or the Dune Sandworm Action Figure: https://2warpstoneptune.com/2014/08/28/ljns-dune-toys-sandworm-1984/ https://2warpstoneptune.com/2014/08/28/ljns-dune-toys-sandwo... Sometimes a Dune Sandworm Action Figure is only a Dune Sandworm Action Figure.