When you think of sex tech, do you start picturing curvy robots that look like they’re straight out of hentai? If so, you aren’t far off. However, there is actually a lot more to sex tech than you may realize. 

Use a vibrator? That’s sex tech.

Watch porn online? That’s sex tech too.

Send a nude or sext? Yep, that’s sex tech as well.

Technology has improved our lives in countless ways, and that includes our sex lives. Sex tech is an industry that looks for innovative technologies to increase sexual pleasure and intimacy.
This can include sex bots, virtual reality, live streaming webcams, sex toys, phone sex, and even sexting.

According to Amanda Gesselman, Scientist and Associate Director for Research at the Kinsey Institute, “technology is becoming more pervasive in our romantic and sexual lives, and we’re beginning to have a better understanding of the role of sex tech in our relationships and sexual experiences.” She also noted, “we’re seeing that the incorporation of technology – and sex tech specifically – also has the capacity to enhance, expand, and improve individual well-being and the well-being of human relationships.”

The Future of Sex is a podcast, event, media outlet, and online community founded by sex tech expert Bryony Cole. She’s developed an app called Wheel of Foreplay, a game that encourages intimacy. In an interview with Hive Life, Bryony believes that sex tech is needed now more than ever, and there’s a massive increase in popularity. Previously, it wasn’t uncommon for women to own a small bullet vibrator, but now they are more open to buying a second and third vibrator, with different features like clitoral sucking abilities.