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Isn't it too early for this? How much customization can you really achieve before 3d Printers can print silicone-like materials and the rest of those plastics

Isn't it too early for this? How much customization can you really achieve before 3d Printers can print silicone-like materials and the rest of those plastics used for sex toys? I just can't believe so much customization can come from twiddling bits when the crux of the issue is materials and ergonomics. I say this from having observed over the years that sex toys have evolved in both those areas (again, materials and ergonomics) but no so much on the electronics part of it (which, I argue, has or would have minor impact on the final product).

AlyssaRowan 12y ago
3D printers already can — I believe Bad Dragon's rather exotic pieces are made that way?
- durkie 12y ago
  We love Bad Dragon! They are true artisans (www.bad-dragon.com -- SUPER nsfw, but truly amazing). We met their founder at Arse Elektronika in October, and I think they 3D print their masters, but still do all their molding by hand.
durkie 12y ago
There is definitely still room to go in improving the materials and the limitations around working with them. Especially because people are so wary about sex-toy materials that it limits your options even further. We think there's still lots of room to improve on the stimulation and interaction side of sex toys and that if you give people the ability to tweak their toy they will find fun things that work for them. Like look at vibrators. What's changed about them significantly? The big things are the Magic Wand and the Rabbit. Only now are we starting to see things that incorporate biometrics or partner interactions in to toys, and we want to make an open platform for experimenting with those things. We know that our current shape won't work for everyone, but one of our aspirations in making an open dildo platform is that the electronics can be incorporated in to sex toys of a variety of form factors and abilities (either by us or by others).

AlyssaRowan 12y ago

3D printers already can — I believe Bad Dragon's rather exotic pieces are made that way?

durkie 12y ago
We love Bad Dragon! They are true artisans (www.bad-dragon.com -- SUPER nsfw, but truly amazing). We met their founder at Arse Elektronika in October, and I think they 3D print their masters, but still do all their molding by hand.

durkie 12y ago

There is definitely still room to go in improving the materials and the limitations around working with them. Especially because people are so wary about sex-toy materials that it limits your options even further. We think there's still lots of room to improve on the stimulation and interaction side of sex toys and that if you give people the ability to tweak their toy they will find fun things that work for them. Like look at vibrators. What's changed about them significantly? The big things are the Magic Wand and the Rabbit. Only now are we starting to see things that incorporate biometrics or partner interactions in to toys, and we want to make an open platform for experimenting with those things. We know that our current shape won't work for everyone, but one of our aspirations in making an open dildo platform is that the electronics can be incorporated in to sex toys of a variety of form factors and abilities (either by us or by others).