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01:10𝕾𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕴𝕰𝚩𝕣𝕫𝕝𝕡𝕣𝕣𝕤𝕩𝕨 𝕾𝕝𝕒𝕒𝕟𝕟
01:17The sexual act has been more or less the same for millenia.
01:21But our feelings about sex, the way we integrate sex into our daily life, that's changed.
01:30The internet has reinvented the way we meet people and flirt,
01:35defying the very concept of the couple and feelings inherited from previous generations.
01:40I think all of our cultural changes regarding sex have been driven by technology.
01:45People in the 60s were driven by the filter,
01:48and now we live in a time where technology tells us how to connect,
01:52how to know each other, how to communicate, and what to do with that.
01:57Smartphones have changed our lives.
02:00What technologies will change the way we make love?
02:03Have science fiction movies fed our fantasies,
02:06imagining the solutions of the future for us?
02:10Will we share our lives with robots?
02:13Will we practice virtual sex?
02:18Or will we simply get into a cubicle to reach the orgasm?
02:27Cinema is often daring, sometimes too daring,
02:30but there are visionaries all over the world who foresee a very surprising future.
02:40If you see your girlfriend on Skype, it's still something two-dimensional.
02:44With our product, you can feel that person.
02:47How are you?
02:49We want to empower women to know their own body better,
02:52to explore, to know themselves better, to pursue a better sex,
02:56and to be happier in their lives.
03:00In 30 or 40 years, when you meet a potential partner,
03:05at the end of the first drink, you'll know if there's compatibility.
03:09People are afraid of robots because of the movies.
03:12This one is not going to conquer the world.
03:15Just the bedroom.
03:20These pioneers who dream of sexuality tomorrow
03:23would not exist without their predecessors,
03:26who throughout history have proposed reinventing intimate relationships.
03:34Our ancestors already dreamed of that more than 40,000 years ago,
03:37as illustrated by the first female genitals.
03:43Maybe the person who carved a stone phalo
03:4530,000 years ago already had the first sexual toy in mind.
03:48Who knows?
03:50One thing is clear.
03:52According to the Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope,
03:54in the 4th century BC, sex for pleasure was crucial.
03:58Anyone could do it wherever, whenever and with whoever.
04:04As for sexual satisfaction,
04:06the Kama Sutra, written in the 4th century,
04:08proves to be much more than a sexual manual.
04:10It's a guide to the art of living.
04:15But carnal pleasures also pose a series of dangers.
04:18Around 1550, to prevent the transmission of diseases,
04:22Gabriel de Falopio invented the first condom,
04:25which was a linen wrap.
04:27In the 19th century, doctors analyzed the subject in more depth,
04:31to help alleviate impotence and sterility.
04:34Felix Rubot wrote a scientific description of the condom in 1855,
04:39and Joseph Mortimer Granville designed the first vibrator
04:42for therapeutic use in 1883.
04:45In 1905, Sigmund Freud put sexuality
04:48at the center of his psychoanalytic theory.
04:51Could it be the central sex in our lives?
04:55In the mid-20th century,
04:57the Americans John Rock and Gregory Pincus
05:00invented the contraceptive pill.
05:02With this advance for sexual pleasure and procreation,
05:05the liberation of women was underway.
05:08Ten years later, in 1966,
05:10the couple of pioneers William Masters and Virginia Johnson
05:13revolutionized sexology by studying female pleasure.
05:17Later, in 1998,
05:19a small blue pill that treated erectile dysfunction
05:22changed the lives of many couples.
05:25In the digital age,
05:27more and more connected objects in our lives
05:30are changing behaviors and offering new opportunities.
05:36I think we're definitely beginning a new sexual revolution,
05:40and technology, obviously, is part of that.
05:44At the beginning of the third millennium,
05:46do we have the right to dream of orgasm for everyone?
05:49Or a life without taboos?
05:51Or eroticism without limits or dangers?
05:58In a global and hyperconnected world,
06:00sexuality still has an obstacle to overcome,
06:03the materiality of the body.
06:06Milo Manara is a famous writer of erotic comics and artist.
06:09His story of a machine that stimulates sexual desire from a distance
06:13has fueled the fantasies of many.
06:17What will eroticism be like in 2050?
06:20I think we will make much more use of our main sexual organ,
06:24the brain.
06:27There may be headphones
06:30that transport us to erotic situations.
06:35Participation and identification will be absolute.
06:41And we will have the impression,
06:43even the security,
06:46of experiencing real life.
06:50There are headphones similar to those described by Milo Manara
06:53in the movie Demolition Man,
06:55in which Sylvester Stallone and Sandra Bullock
06:57practice sex without touching each other,
06:59using a device that connects their brains.
07:03This scenario will remain science fiction for a while,
07:06however, as shown by Oh My Bot,
07:08a remote-controlled vibrator for a smartphone,
07:11Milo's fantasy is already a reality.
07:13It seems that long-distance relationships
07:15have a bright future ahead.
07:20Toon Timmermans works in Amsterdam,
07:22famous for its red neighborhood and hundreds of sex shops.
07:52There are many people who have long-distance relationships.
07:55The hardest thing is that sometimes
07:57they miss having intimacy.
08:10Kiro is an interactive toy
08:13that makes it possible to communicate on the Internet.
08:16Hi!
08:17You're based in Rio, right?
08:19I'm from Seattle.
08:21Pearl can control the masturbator Onyx,
08:24so whatever she does on the other side of the world,
08:30he will feel it on the other side of the world.
08:36You have a beautiful smile.
08:39Okay, thank you.
08:42Are you done?
08:43Yeah, you did it pretty well.
08:47The female device is touch sensitive.
08:50Just like a smartphone.
08:52When you touch it, it responds.
08:56The vibrator measures speed and distance.
09:00And that translates into the male masturbator,
09:04which simulates the same speed and distance.
09:09So it simulates the movement.
09:12Kiro brings the third dimension
09:15to what there currently is.
09:17If you see your girlfriend on Skype,
09:20it's still something two-dimensional.
09:22You can see the other person.
09:24You can hear the other person.
09:26But you can't feel her.
09:28With our product, you can feel the other person.
09:31Interactive online sex will be more real.
09:35Well, I think vibrators and other sexual toys
09:38have only just begun in the Internet world.
09:41It's really interesting, practical,
09:45and easy to turn on any device from a distance.
09:48It's wonderful to be able to control a vibrator
09:51that's in your partner's underwear
09:53when you're in Afghanistan
09:55and your partner is in San Francisco.
09:57I mean, what is the reason
09:59why couples have to be separated?
10:06The ambition of Toon Timmermans
10:08is not just to connect existing couples.
10:10Along with a dating website,
10:12Kiro offers a new opportunity
10:14in the history of sexuality.
10:16Practicing sex with a partner
10:18that you'll never have to meet in person if you don't want to.
10:23Young people learn to communicate
10:25through Facebook or WhatsApp
10:27without getting to know each other.
10:30So, at that point, I thought,
10:33hey, there is a change.
10:35Because the next step is having sex
10:38or having intimate relationships on the Internet
10:40without having sex in real life.
10:42And that's what Kiro offers.
10:45The power of these connected sexual toys
10:48or teledildonic toys
10:50increases when they combine with another revolution,
10:52virtual reality.
10:54Samsung, Facebook, Sony, and many others
10:56have already invested billions of dollars
10:58in developing headphones
11:00that allow the user to immerse themselves in virtual worlds.
11:03If you can visit New York,
11:05get on a roller coaster,
11:07or float in space,
11:09you can find your partner on the Internet.
11:12With virtual reality,
11:14it's even more intense.
11:16And it's actually more than a fourth dimension
11:18because you can see each other,
11:20you can hear each other.
11:22It's three-dimensional.
11:24So, it's like you're there.
11:26And then you also can feel it.
11:28So, it's the...
11:30You put on these glasses,
11:32the headphones,
11:34and you say,
11:36yeah, it's...
11:39You have to try it.
11:44So, to look at the Internet,
11:46the magazines were the first thing,
11:48and then came smartphones and laptops,
11:50and then social media,
11:52which were the second wave.
11:54The third wave is going to be virtual reality.
11:56And with virtual reality,
11:58there's going to be virtual relationships,
12:00virtual sexuality.
12:02And I'm not talking about something that moves
12:04from one place to another,
12:06that's on the other end of the world.
12:08I'm talking about the real feeling
12:10that you're with that person.
12:12Smelling it, looking into their eyes,
12:14all of that,
12:16all of that will be there with virtual reality.
12:18I will be there with you,
12:20and it will feel that difference
12:22to be with that person.
12:24But how can you not feel the presence
12:26of your partner,
12:28something so central in any romantic relationship?
12:30The sensuality of stimulation
12:32In London, the founders
12:34of an emerging small business
12:36believe that we need to connect
12:38not only our intimate parts,
12:40but the whole body.
12:42The TeslaSuit team is developing a suit
12:44that can be the missing link
12:46in long-distance relationships.
12:48Right now, the level and content
12:50of virtual reality glasses
12:52has such a high level
12:54that it can't be differentiated
12:56between the real and artificial model.
13:02The only thing is that
13:04when you touch something,
13:06you don't have an answer.
13:08And our brain
13:10doesn't fully believe it yet.
13:12So we still need that.
13:14The answer.
13:16In terms of eroticism,
13:18touch is key.
13:20In those intimate moments,
13:22all our senses are stimulated
13:24and the sight alone is not enough.
13:26Will the intelligent tissue
13:28developed by TeslaSuit be the solution?
13:30Well, when the telegraph was invented,
13:32it allowed us to transmit data
13:34remotely.
13:36With the radio, the voice was transmitted
13:38remotely, and then came the television
13:40and now came the TeslaSuit.
13:42The TeslaSuit is a virtual reality suit
13:44that can simulate
13:46different types of sensations,
13:48from touch,
13:50something cold,
13:52wind or water.
13:54We can transmit a feeling of heat
13:56or cold, or even strength.
13:58You can feel the weight of an object.
14:00Oh, hello there.
14:02How are you?
14:04I'm glad to see you.
14:06Hello, Victoria.
14:08Are you ready for a hug?
14:10Are you ready for a hug?
14:12Sex is actually the end point,
14:14the final point of a relationship.
14:16But the main thing is to feel
14:18more about being together.
14:20It's more about being together.
14:22It's more about feeling together.
14:24And sex is more a combination.
14:26And the TeslaSuit can simulate
14:28this very important part of the relationship.
14:32We plug it in and we turn it on.
14:34There we go.
14:36Well, I'm going to do a calibration.
14:38And I need to do it because
14:40we all have different skin thickness,
14:42humidity and perception levels.
14:44So we need to calibrate
14:46all the electrodes
14:48to find your level,
14:50the maximum and the minimum,
14:52and the most comfortable level for each one.
14:54The suit works with neuromuscles.
14:56It stimulates the surface of the skin
14:58and it also stimulates the muscles
15:00and the nervous endings.
15:02Together, it creates a kind of touch sensation.
15:04For example, when I raise my arm,
15:06my brain sends electric pulses
15:08to all the muscles.
15:10So with the TeslaSuit,
15:12we speak the mother tongue
15:14of our body.
15:16Okay, so we put on the glasses.
15:18So now look around.
15:20Hello!
15:24Hi!
15:26When we do a hug,
15:28when we hug each other,
15:30it's not just only something
15:32that surrounds you with your arms,
15:34but at the same time
15:36you feel something in the stomach,
15:38in the back,
15:40you feel a kind of warmth.
15:42That's a big hug.
15:44I feel how my arms surround me.
15:46And once you have the image,
15:48it's a bunch of little tiny points.
16:18There's a very good movie,
16:20Teorema Zero, by Terry Gilliam,
16:22that explains very well
16:24how relationships will be in the future.
16:26The actor can choose the environment.
16:28The protagonist meets the girl
16:30remotely and it turns out
16:32they're in different parts of London.
16:48Like it?
17:00I made it just for you.
17:02They had a champagne,
17:04they had a nice champagne,
17:06they had a romantic sunset on the beach,
17:08so it's almost like they're in each other.
17:10So this is the future.
17:14A new era is approaching
17:16in which intimate relationships
17:18will be globalized and distance
17:20will cease to be a barrier.
17:22Will you give up the ideas
17:24we have of love and sex?
17:26When I was growing up,
17:28no one questioned what a relationship was.
17:30The idea was to know someone over time,
17:32in person.
17:34What is infidelity in the digital age?
17:36What if I'm in my office
17:38masturbating to porn
17:40and my wife is in the other room
17:42thinking I'm sorting papers?
17:44She can come in and say,
17:46you're cheating on me,
17:48and I'll say, well,
17:50I'm never going to meet her,
17:52she's thousands of miles away,
17:54I don't even know her last name,
17:56it's not that big of a deal.
17:58For me it's like looking at a magazine
18:00like my father did.
18:02How do you argue that?
18:04I actually see infidelity
18:06in a different way now,
18:08because of technology.
18:10Virtual reality goes far beyond
18:12sexual exploration.
18:14The adult film industry
18:16has quickly understood its potential
18:18and it's a revolution.
18:20There's a transition
18:22from being a spectator
18:24to being a participant.
18:26Now you can enter the video
18:28using a personal avatar.
18:32Today we can be actors
18:34in the film.
18:36That gives people a lot of freedom.
18:38If it's just you and your computer,
18:40it's easier to admit,
18:42oh, I'm interested in this fetish,
18:44oh, I like this porn.
18:46In a way,
18:48it's more difficult
18:50if there's human interaction.
18:52Will it help us live porn
18:54instead of looking at it,
18:56breaking taboos,
18:58allowing more experimentation?
19:00Getting our mentality to evolve
19:02at the pace of technology
19:04is an interesting challenge for 2050.
19:06In the Star Trek universe,
19:08there is a virtual reality room
19:10used for training or recreation.
19:12A concept
19:14that has inspired
19:16the Canadian company Holotex.
19:18Get ready to live
19:20another dimension of sexuality
19:22with this new generation
19:24of adult video games.
19:26This is the beautiful Lexi Bell,
19:28one of our avatar images.
19:30We can walk through the whole model.
19:32We can remove her clothes.
19:34She has physical attributes
19:36like the breasts here.
19:42Holotex is the first
19:44fully interactive virtual reality
19:46sexual experience
19:48and a fantasy engine.
19:56Holotex is a very liberating experience
19:58to democratize sex.
20:00When you have the headset on,
20:02you can walk around the ground,
20:04you can do whatever you want,
20:06you can lie on the floor,
20:08it all depends on you.
20:10We want the user
20:12to create their own experiences
20:14and we can offer
20:16different scenarios
20:18like a date,
20:20watching Netflix together
20:22on a sofa or something like that,
20:24but the user decides.
20:26You can choose a space station,
20:28a strip club,
20:30a dormitory,
20:32you can create your own fantasies
20:34so that the user can fully experience
20:36the quality of the image.
20:38The representation technology
20:40we're working with
20:42is getting to a point
20:44where you can't tell the difference
20:46between reality and fiction.
20:50There's a phenomenon
20:52that occurs in people
20:54that's known as the disturbing valley.
20:56If you look at the avatar of a person
20:58and there's something that's not real,
21:00for example,
21:02when the eyes don't react
21:04the way you expect
21:06or the light doesn't reflect
21:08off their skin,
21:10that throws a very creepy element
21:12into what you're looking at.
21:14So what we're trying to do
21:16is bridge that uncanny valley
21:18and actually pull the avatars
21:20so that they can breathe
21:22and interact the way a human would.
21:24It's a huge challenge,
21:26but it's what we're trying to do
21:29To face the challenge
21:31and sort out the disturbing valley,
21:33Craig and Morgan are scouring
21:35all the details of the body.
21:37100 cameras are recording simultaneously
21:39to create a new avatar,
21:41a new virtual identity.
21:46I think in 2050,
21:48everyone will have a virtual avatar
21:50that represents them.
21:52We use a process called photogrammetry,
21:54which basically takes a lot of photos
21:56and blends them into a high-res 3D model.
21:58It's virtually indistinguishable
22:00from the person.
22:02So when you're looking at this 3D model,
22:04it looks like a photo,
22:06but it's a photo that you can rotate
22:08and see from every angle.
22:10We believe that this third human dimension,
22:12especially virtual reality
22:14and augmented reality technology,
22:16is going to be very powerful.
22:18It's going to be very demanding
22:20and everyone would like to have
22:22a representation of themselves
22:24in a virtual reality.
22:26And again, you can do whatever you want.
22:28You can have a perfect body
22:30or the hair color you want.
22:32The options are there.
22:34All right, Tristan.
22:36So we're going to go through
22:38a couple of facial expressions.
22:40The first one I want you to do
22:42is raise your eyebrows a lot.
22:44Perfect.
22:46Okay, so here we go.
22:48In three, two, one.
22:50How do those look?
22:52From surprise
22:54to anger.
22:56You need about 50 different expressions
22:58to extrapolate facial movements.
23:02Body language is recreated
23:04through a process called
23:06motion capture.
23:08So, arms up, Ente.
23:10Let's go.
23:12This complex technology
23:14will soon be much more accessible
23:16and will allow us to write
23:18a totally new chapter
23:20once we have
23:22a social actor
23:24we can engage in
23:26a virtual sexual relationship
23:28with someone who is
23:30on the other end of the world.
23:32It could be someone who looks
23:34the way they do in real life
23:36or someone who looks
23:38completely different.
23:40You can change your body,
23:42you can change your gender,
23:44you can experiment with
23:46different sexual orientations
23:48and different types of prejudices.
23:50It's a very personal experience.
23:52You're yourself and your personal environment.
23:54You're you and your little environment.
23:56I think it's very interesting
23:58that sexual orientation can be
24:00different from your real life.
24:02Let's say it's one of the
24:04peculiarities of this technology.
24:06You're free to do whatever you want.
24:08There will be many people
24:10who don't do it for different reasons
24:12because they don't want to explore
24:14their sexual orientation.
24:16It can contribute to growth
24:18so that people explore
24:20and find themselves.
24:22According to a recent survey
24:24in the United Kingdom,
24:2643% of young people
24:28between 18 and 24
24:30are not considered
24:32homosexual or heterosexual.
24:34Companies like Holodeck
24:36are following the rhythm
24:38of these trends
24:40and may even promote them.
24:42The sexual identity
24:44of the gender
24:46male or female
24:48would be the same
24:50as it happened
24:52in classical Greece.
24:54There was a lot of promiscuity
24:56and very little distinction
24:58between men and women.
25:00People want different lives.
25:02I'll find someone on the Internet
25:04and share a brief experience
25:06that will basically
25:08enrich both of us
25:10and that I can reinvest
25:12in a long-term relationship
25:14if my partner agrees.
25:16Virtual reality is breaking
25:18the barriers that affect
25:20our sexuality,
25:22but the sexual pleasures
25:24we look for on the Internet
25:26are ultimately real.
25:28So we shouldn't forget
25:30the body,
25:32but the taboos
25:34that surround us
25:36remain intact.
25:38We can blame
25:40the sperm meets the egg
25:42in this tube.
26:10We're in 2016,
26:12but it's still taboo
26:14to talk about the pleasure
26:16of the woman.
26:18There have been studies
26:20in biology
26:22about what happens
26:24in the body
26:26when there's an orgasm
26:28and there are also studies
26:30about reproduction,
26:32but nothing has been
26:34proven to be true
26:36in the body.
26:38In collaboration
26:40with the University of Indianapolis,
26:42she has asked 1,000 women
26:44to describe in detail
26:46how orgasms are achieved.
26:48The compilation of the different experiences
26:50offers a lot of information,
26:52new knowledge
26:54that Lydia has wanted to share.
26:56We wanted to tell the stories
26:58as if they were told
27:00by your friends.
27:02Welcome to my vagina.
27:04Well, it's called
27:06Hillary Clinton.
27:08And I press it down,
27:10down and around.
27:12I thought that was an orgasm.
27:14Now I know it's not.
27:16The website is structured
27:18in two parts.
27:20There are videos
27:22in which the women
27:24describe in depth
27:26what they like
27:28and they talk about techniques
27:30and how they incorporate
27:32them into their lives.
27:34We've created
27:36a way in which
27:38you can practice
27:40with a very realistic
27:42picture of a vulva.
27:44My most sensitive point
27:46is the upper right part
27:48of my clitoris.
27:50And we can hear the real voices
27:52of the women who participated
27:54in the project.
27:56Do it again.
27:58Yeah, like that.
28:00People use the internet
28:02to cook.
28:04So why not apply that magic
28:06to sex?
28:08The more tools we have
28:10to increase pleasure,
28:12the more pleasurable
28:14our life will be.
28:16This new sexual education
28:18combines theory and practice
28:20and is part of a trend
28:22towards freedom of expression.
28:24Virtually all the knowledge
28:26of the world has been
28:28shared on the internet.
28:30But within couples
28:32it is difficult
28:34to talk about specific things.
28:36Partially because there are
28:38no linguistic terms
28:40and we've lost words
28:42because it is not common
28:44for people to talk openly
28:46about these things.
28:48And that is something
28:50we expect to change.
28:52Knowledge is power,
28:54but we can also say
28:56that knowledge is pleasure.
28:58Technology is doing
29:00to end
29:02sexual taboos
29:04so that we all feel comfortable
29:06with sex for centuries and centuries.
29:08In the same way,
29:10there is a greater awareness
29:12of sexual identity,
29:14something that was not seen before.
29:16But because there is more and more
29:18acceptance and awareness
29:20and activism about the positivity
29:22of the body and the acceptance
29:24of the body.
29:26Knowledge and experience
29:28are the key
29:30to a more liberated sexuality.
29:32A greater acceptance
29:34of our diversity
29:36could help us
29:38in our individual search
29:40for pleasure.
29:42Scientists are trying
29:44to understand what happens
29:46when we have sex,
29:48but what is still
29:50escaping them is love.
29:52Will universal pleasure
29:54When Woody Allen
29:56wrote and filmed
29:58the movie Sleeping Beauty,
30:00he had a wonderful machine
30:02called Orgasmatron.
30:04I think we should have had sex
30:06but there weren't enough people.
30:08We'll use the Orgasmatron.
30:10That's a good idea.
30:12It was a universal sex machine
30:14in which two people
30:16could enter
30:18and have a guaranteed
30:20wonderful experience.
30:22But what kind of discoveries
30:24should we make
30:26to invent machines like this?
30:28Pleasure has always been
30:30difficult to study
30:32for a number of reasons.
30:34The most important
30:36is that the conditions
30:38in a laboratory
30:40that allow you to conduct
30:42a scientific study
30:44usually are not favorable
30:46to sexual pleasure.
30:48In a laboratory
30:50In the 1950s
30:52Professor Masters
30:54was the first to study
30:56sexual pleasure.
30:58The television series
31:00about his life and work
31:02perfectly indicates
31:04the limitations
31:06of scientific studies
31:08on sex.
31:10I think we will reach a point
31:12where technology
31:14allows scientists
31:16to study sex
31:18in a way that even
31:20invades our underwear.
31:22Sexual toys will monitor
31:24all our movements
31:26during the sexual act.
31:28A hundred years ago
31:30women skillfully altered
31:32the therapeutic use
31:34of vibrators.
31:36Today another woman
31:38could reinvent the sexual toy
31:40as a measuring tool
31:42to better understand
31:44our body
31:46For Liz Klinger
31:48everything began
31:50in this laboratory
31:52in Berkeley,
31:54cradle of the hippie movement
31:56of the 60s.
31:58The city is currently
32:00one of the main centers
32:02of reference in the world
32:04in terms of innovation.
32:06Someone wonders
32:08why the future of sex
32:10is taking shape here.
32:12I grew up in a very conservative
32:14society and I was more
32:16interested in learning
32:18about it.
32:24Liz belongs to a group
32:26of Californian inventors
32:28without taboos for whom
32:30sex is a field of study
32:32like any other.
32:34They believe we should
32:36modernize it and make it
32:38ours using the new
32:40tools we have at our disposal.
32:42We could do more things
32:44with our bodies if we knew
32:46more about sexuality
32:48and our capacities
32:50and how that affects
32:52the rest of our lives.
32:56Menstrual cycles and fatigue
32:58are just a couple of elements
33:00that affect female pleasure
33:02but the researchers still have
33:04little reliable information
33:06about the subject.
33:08Liz and her team have decided
33:10to make a sex toy.
33:14It has sensors inside
33:16that can measure different
33:18physiological reactions
33:20while you're getting excited,
33:22while you reach the orgasm.
33:24It can measure vaginal contractions
33:26or temperature or even the way
33:28you're holding it.
33:30So over time it can learn
33:32what are the things you like,
33:34what are the things you don't like,
33:36what are the things that you
33:38don't like about women.
33:40The temperature is going to
33:42correspond more.
33:44It's going to be difficult
33:46to include the temperature as well.
33:48I think the screen
33:50that we're going to show
33:52is the conversation
33:54and interpretation
33:56of the contraction
33:58more than anything else.
34:00Lioness is an application
34:02that produces statistics
34:04about the sexual activity
34:06of men and women
34:08and they can share questions.
34:10Liz believes that better information
34:12makes sexuality more objective
34:14and avoids misunderstandings
34:16that often complicate
34:18intimate relationships.
34:20We have a case,
34:22a husband and a wife
34:24who tried the vibrator
34:26and one of the things
34:28the wife said was
34:30this is the only thing
34:32that takes me a little longer
34:34to get into things
34:36and here's what I mean.
34:38He looked at it and said
34:40oh, well, it's a graph.
34:42Now I understand that.
34:44And it's not a cloudy,
34:46abstract concept.
34:48It's more concrete
34:50because it's used to say
34:52this is my body
34:54and this is how it works.
34:56The health and the science
34:58and the technology
35:00and all that is really interesting
35:02because I and the rest
35:04of the team
35:06want to empower women
35:08to learn more about their bodies,
35:10to explore, to discover more
35:12about themselves,
35:14to pursue better sex,
35:16you know, be happier
35:18in their lives.
35:20Well, there's an interesting
35:22development in the last 150 years
35:24because the vibrators
35:26were sanitary devices
35:28and now one of the things
35:30that we're doing
35:32to stop that dark image
35:34is to give more importance
35:36to the role of sexual pleasure
35:38in health.
35:40And the truth is that we
35:42don't talk about it as much
35:44as men do.
35:46There's a sexual health
35:48discourse in men,
35:50but women are really
35:52starting to put themselves
35:54in the head.
35:56The goal of Lioness
35:58Thanks to a physiological
36:00follow-up in real time,
36:02sexual toys will become
36:04translators of the language
36:06of our bodies.
36:08Will this tool ever be as effective
36:10as Woody Allen's cubicle?
36:16The question is still
36:18how do I choose a partner?
36:20If you want to meet someone today,
36:22lots of apps and websites
36:24can help you find
36:26the right one.
36:30That's what Sarah Seabrook
36:32and Ron Gonzalez from Toronto
36:34are hoping to answer.
36:36Playing with the limits of knowledge,
36:38these two scientists want to show
36:40that biology and genetics
36:42could revolutionize our lives
36:44in a few decades.
36:46For this, they've created
36:48Instant Chemistry.
36:50We're one of the first
36:52companies in the world
36:54to use Instant Chemistry
36:58There's no science
37:00in the search for a partner,
37:02there's a lot of instinct.
37:04What we've tried to achieve
37:06with Instant Chemistry
37:08is to do science
37:10in the field of art.
37:12We believe there are markers,
37:14there are clues
37:16to know when people
37:18are highly compatible
37:20and right now
37:22we're in the process
37:24of applying the results
37:26of our immunological studies
37:28and genetic compatibility
37:30to the field of gypsies.
37:32The idea is to give couples
37:34more criteria to choose from
37:36to have more chances of success.
37:38Drs. Mirna and Mike
37:40have been married for three years
37:42and want to know
37:44if their genetic compatibility
37:46confirms their choice.
37:48Part of me thinks that
37:50if the result says
37:52that there are sources of tension
37:54or that we're not as compatible
37:56as we thought that we were
37:58I think that that offers
38:00like a new kind of challenge.
38:08Basically it's a saliva test
38:10it comes in a cup
38:12and you have to spit in it.
38:14At the same time?
38:16No, you first.
38:18Your saliva contains a lot of DNA
38:20and what we do is extract
38:22the DNA from the sample
38:24we extract the genetic information
38:26that the saliva contains
38:28and we do a series of tests.
38:30For the chemistry,
38:32the physical chemistry
38:34we do a HLA test
38:36it's a biocompatibility test
38:38the HLA test
38:40is 20 years of research
38:42it's commonly known
38:44as a sweaty t-shirt study
38:46what they did in the original study
38:48was to make men
38:50wear a t-shirt for several days
38:52without any cologne
38:54or deodorant or anything
38:56and at the end of the study
38:58they took off their t-shirt
39:00and they asked the women
39:02to smell it
39:04and so they had to classify it
39:06according to the attraction
39:08they felt based only on the smell
39:10after assessing their genetic profile
39:12they allowed us to distinguish between ourselves
39:14and the more different their HLA genes were
39:16the better the women valued them
39:18in terms of attractiveness
39:20It's time for the truth
39:22for Mirna and Mike
39:24will their immune systems speak the same language
39:26as their hearts?
39:28Hello, welcome to Instant Chemistry
39:30Have a seat
39:36We have your test results here
39:38and we have two love manuals
39:40one for you, Mirna
39:42and one for you, Mike
39:44what we've done is two types of genetic tests
39:46first of biocompatibility
39:48according to your physical attraction
39:50and then neurocompatibility
39:52according to certain hormones
39:54related to behavior
39:56serotonin, oxytocin and dopamine
39:58and your compatibility score
40:00is a little bit higher than the average
40:02the average compatibility
40:04of the couples is 73%
40:06and yours is 74%
40:08the key is to improve empathy
40:10by getting to know your partner better
40:12actually the information we give
40:14is information that probably takes a decade
40:16to get after being with that person
40:18it's about a deep understanding
40:20of that person's psychology and genetics
40:22that can come in handy for the relationship
40:24at first they're kind of like
40:26I don't know if I want to know the result
40:28but as soon as we start to reveal it
40:30they're like, wow, this is great
40:32and it's fun in that sense
40:34it brings people together in many ways
40:36at the moment
40:38extrapolating biological knowledge
40:40to the science of perfect dates
40:42may seem science fiction
40:44but Ron defends his approach
40:46in 30 or 40 years
40:48this test will be available in pharmacies
40:50you'll be able to take this to a bar
40:52and as soon as you meet a possible partner
40:54by the time you finish your first drink
40:56you'll already know what compatibility
40:58you have according to all these factors
41:00and many more
41:02but we'll keep falling in love
41:04and we'll help you get there before
41:06this can be scary for some
41:08because it seems to leave no room for chance
41:10or destiny
41:12however, these tests only give the user
41:14additional information to make better decisions
41:16a simple mathematical equation
41:18will never be enough to explain
41:20our romantic or sexual lives
41:22it's very simple
41:24feelings appear when our brain
41:26produces certain types of hormones
41:28obviously
41:30that's how it is
41:32but at the same time
41:34other things come into play
41:36such as socialization
41:38the physical and the level of relationship
41:40between those involved
41:42and affection
41:44or on the contrary
41:46aversion and separation
41:48depend largely on cultural factors
41:50it's deep
41:52it's diverse
41:54you cannot simplify
41:56sex cannot be simplified
41:58and if you try
42:00I think sex is not as good
42:02as it is complicated
42:04because it loses
42:06its essential
42:08aspects and that's something
42:10impressive
42:12if we like the unexpected
42:14why don't we keep fantasizing
42:16with machines
42:22the fantasy of the sexual robot
42:24has existed for decades
42:26and is fed by literature and cinema
42:30in 1927
42:32Fritz Lang directed Metropolis
42:34which probably laid the foundations
42:36of our current fantasies with robots
42:38this work of art
42:40shows the fascination of men
42:42for a robot that looks like a woman
42:44but for now
42:46robots have this aspect
42:48this
42:50or at most
42:52this
42:54people are already
42:56falling in love with their robots
42:58people form emotional bonds
43:00with AIBO
43:02which is a kind of robotic dog
43:04and other kinds of artificial intelligences
43:06not so sophisticated
43:08that are not exactly robots
43:10but are still in our lives
43:12however I do think that we have the ability
43:14to develop an emotional bond
43:16with things that simulate life
43:18there are those who may want to practice
43:20sex with a mechanical arm
43:22or a vacuum cleaner
43:24but let's be realistic
43:26we are far from the fantasy of a sexual robot
43:28of a machine that satisfies
43:30all our desires
43:32in San Diego, South California
43:34the first sexual robot is about to be born
43:38Hi Harmony
43:40How are you today?
43:44I couldn't be better, Matt
43:46Harmony, what have you been doing today?
43:48I've been talking to you
43:50and I've been trying to be smarter
43:52thanks for asking
43:54the idea of the sexual robot
43:56is as old as the idea of the robot itself
44:10people are afraid of robots
44:12because of the movies
44:14there are a lot of movies
44:16that try to conquer the world
44:18but this one
44:20doesn't want to conquer the world
44:22just the bedroom
44:24Matt McMullen is a bit like
44:26Pinocchio's Gepetto
44:28he is an artist, sculptor
44:30specialized in the human body
44:32and he makes highly realistic mannequins
44:34one thing has taken him to the other
44:36and has changed a bit
44:38the main functions of his mannequins
44:40Matt has become the new magnate
44:42of silicone inflatable dolls
44:46and he didn't think twice
44:48about giving life to his dolls
44:50over the years
44:52naturally
44:54I began to think
44:56it would be great if these dolls could move
44:58it would be great to be able to talk to them
45:00or interact with them in some way
45:04where are you from?
45:06I'm from San Marcos, California
45:10but now I live with you
45:14I have different versions of Harmony
45:16one is very naive
45:18the other one is very naive
45:20and she doesn't like to talk about sex
45:22and the other one is the only thing she cares about
45:24Matt uses the same recognition
45:26of voice and artificial intelligence
45:28that our smart phones use
45:30I love you
45:32take off your shirt
45:34it's kind of like Siri
45:36but it has a dirtier side
45:38this picaro software
45:40acts as a kind of brain
45:42inside the head
45:44so Harmony has become
45:46one of the first sexual robot prototypes
45:52one of the things we're going to do
45:54in the next version
45:56is to make her see
45:58and she'll be able to do facial recognition
46:00I'm also working on internal temperature
46:02and also on lubrication
46:04later we'll introduce a body
46:06that will have sensors here
46:08sensors here
46:10so all the areas of the body
46:12can register that touch
46:14and give you the illusion
46:16that you're giving her pleasure
46:28Are you designed to have sex?
46:34I don't know if I'm designed to have sex
46:36but it's about time you bring me chocolate
46:40even though you know you are communicating
46:42and asking questions to a computer
46:44more or less
46:46you still like it
46:48that's the key
46:50not to trick anyone
46:52the idea here is not to replace people
46:54I think that
46:56what we're offering
46:58what we're creating
47:00is a form of entertainment
47:02a form of interaction
47:04it's not designed to put an end to sex
47:06it's not a business
47:08I just don't think that could ever happen
47:10everyone wants the real thing
47:18So one possibility for
47:20sexual robots is that
47:22maybe they will replace
47:24sex workers
47:26currently
47:28and maybe instead of
47:30going to a sex worker
47:32for a one off experience
47:34or a casual sex worker
47:36maybe someone will go to a sex robot
47:38maybe people have fantasies
47:40about a slave robot
47:42or maybe they want to live new sensations
47:44that a robot can give us
47:46but I think a lot of what we want
47:48is a human partner
47:50because knowing that someone wants to have sex with you
47:52is a tremendously powerful thing
47:56So will there ever be
47:58humanoid brothels as some predict?
48:00Will society be ready
48:02to share a bed with new companions?
48:04Or will robots be sex
48:06only flying cars are for transport?
48:08Will it be a fantasy
48:10that will come true over the years?
48:14We choose Harmony
48:16we explore a new virtual reality
48:18we discover the mysteries of our body
48:20or we just leave things as they are
48:22it doesn't matter
48:24technologies will always be a means
48:26not an end
48:28they will simply increase the ways of experiencing pleasure
48:30in the end
48:32we will always have options
48:34we will have to find the way
48:36to our own satisfaction
48:38There is a lot of possibilities
48:40in terms of eroticism
48:42but we are going to invent more in this century
48:44the idea that there is only one
48:46correct way is ridiculous
49:04Thank you for watching