NSFW Seminar: Arse Elektronika Hosts Sex Machines, Music Fiends

Robotic intercourse and an orifice-powered orchestra compete with brainy discussions during a high-tech sex expo at Kink.com's Porn Palace in San Francisco.
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Photo: Lane Hartwell
Photo: Lane Hartwell

Participants enjoy a quiet moment in the lounge, just outside the dungeon where Arse Elektronika presented speakers and panel discussions delving into the well-trodden intersection of porn, sex and technology.

machine waits to see some action.

The difference between humans and machines -- so far -- is that when you're done having sex with a machine, you can switch it off and set it on a shelf for next time.

Jacob Appelbaum examines a pair of electrified Shocking Shoes, one of the fetish/BDSM toys kept in the Kink.com basement.

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Arse Elektronika attendees gather around to listen to the Electric Orifice Orchestra, in which musicians use their intimate muscles to control percussion instruments.

Turkey basters become the butt of many a reproductive joke, but they clearly excel for adding shots of fake virgin sperm to beverages.

Lick-A-Chick.

It sounded something like a kid beating on a drum machine -- percussive without necessarily being rhythmic -- but that's what happens when schools cut the budget for band.

Relax. We'll have that cavity filled in no time.

When Fucking Machines operators asked for a volunteer from the audience, "Binx" knew this was no ordinary magic show. She stepped up, lay back, grabbed a mike and generously shared her experience with the audience.

Volunteer Rich Gibson (right) finds that it's not so easy to entice the Moaning Lisa to moan. The high-tech mannequin's seven sensors stayed tuned to her creator, Matt Ganucheau (left).