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Re: Hacking my Vagina

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Post by NegativeK »

victorhn wrote: post #84

This is not meant to be a troll post, but just sincere curiosity. From the site "My full name is Micah Elizabeth Scott, but I used to be Micah Dowty prior to Fall 2010. My friends call me Beth." How can a woman who used to be a man can have a vagina? is there some kind of surgery? do you keep your sensitivity to be able to use vibrators?

Yes; sexual reassignment surgery for male-to-female transsexuals exists (as does the other direction.)

The short version: They form a vagina in the pelvis and reuse the head of the penis to form a clitoris. The urethra is also rerouted. Caveat: I am nothing more than a layperson on the subject. My short version may be wrong, and there may be other surgeries available.

The longer version: Wikipedia [1] has quite a bit of information on the subject. Use incognito mode if you must; I've always found it to be a fascinating subject.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_reassignment_surgery (No images if you're worried about that.)

Re: Hacking my Vagina

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Post by derleth »

gcheong wrote: post #58
ciriarte wrote: post #33

I cannot express how much I admire this post. This is how I think women should address gender equality: not by antagonizing men, but through sound and assertive work like this.

Men getting antagonistic when their sexist behavior is called out is not the fault of the women calling that behavior out.

> Men getting antagonistic when their sexist behavior is called out

That isn't all that happens, as you can see from the comments like "Oh, yes, men have it so hard" whenever a situation that favors females over males is brought up.

Re: Hacking my Vagina

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Post by shoopy »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #17
zeteo wrote: post #5

I wonder if an article called "Hacking my Penis" would ever last long the HN front page.

Uhm, to be frank, there are prostate "hacks". Explore at your own volition. http://wiki.malegspot.com/index.php?title=Main_Page (Not associated with them, and note that the wiki is run by a company selling the tools mentioned in the wiki) Though it's admittedly lower tech. I would welcome technological advances for men as well. Why not? It interests both the human and hacker in me.

You can buy e-stim boxes especially made for zapping the nether regions on males and females alike. One of the configurations on the ET312, called "tri phase", combines a two-conductor plug placed near the prostate with pads placed at each feet, and the end result is utterly wild. It's really unfortunate that most guys are too hung up about their own bodies to explore it.

Re: Hacking my Vagina

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Post by qdot76367 »

pizza wrote: post #90
qdot76367 wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And while we're at it, fun fact: There's a toy called the vstroker, that's basically an endcap to the fleshlight for doing accelerometer readings. ( http://www.vstroker.com , NSFW). It also uses a CC25XX radio chip, and comes with a USB dongle that's basically the reference implementation. So, since these two talk on the same controls, you should be able to take the dongle from the vstroker and the lelo toy, and have…

Submit the idea! http://www.halfbakery.com/category/Computer_3a_20Teledildoni...

I've got a vibe on order now, so I should have results tuesday. :)

Re: Hacking my Vagina

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Post by qdot76367 »

blhack wrote: post #83
qdot76367 wrote: post #59

For anyone interested in more stuff like this, I run a site about sex and technology and track open source sex projects: http://www.slashdong.org

And here is one that some guys in my hackerspace [semi-jokingly] run: http://dongiverse.com/

Hah, nice, and I'm one of the banner ads and I had no idea!

I actually started slashdong as somewhat of a joke 8 years ago, and now I travel internationally speaking on the subject. Life is weird.

Re: Hacking my Vagina

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Post by dkersten »

larrys wrote: post #57
ghjm wrote: post #49

This is a really cool hack, but my problem is that I don't understand the sex part. What's better about waving your hands around to control the motor speed, vs. using a dial? This is not out of prurient interest. I just can't understand the engineering without understanding the use case. Maybe you have to be female to get this?

I would almost say that it would make more sense to have something you touch to create the changes in speed or intensity or whatever vs. air waving? And I would think it would be possible to actually use a smartphone (with vibration feedback) that you rub,touch whatever which would be better than air. The feedback is important also. I fly rc helis and once you get used to using the sticks and the channels on a tradit…

I would think it would be possible to actually use a smartphone

One vibrator that uses a smartphone: http://www.vibease.com

Re: Hacking my Vagina

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Post by iamwil »

mcpherrinm wrote: post #73
iamwil wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are, but none of them print circuits. http://www.shapeways.com http://www.ponoko.com http://imaterialize.com/

But there are plenty of 1-off or small run PCB manufacturers, which will surely be higher quality than anything produced by some 3d printing experiments.

It's true for now, and for the near term (read: couple of years). The trend for the 3D printers is that they'll both get faster and use different materials (or same material with different properties). That way, you can print everything in-place, from batteries, the board, and enclosure. You won't be able to replicate chips for a long while, besides really simple electronics, so it will probably be pick and place.

Re: Hacking my Vagina

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Post by jlees »

ghjm wrote: post #49

This is a really cool hack, but my problem is that I don't understand the sex part. What's better about waving your hands around to control the motor speed, vs. using a dial? This is not out of prurient interest. I just can't understand the engineering without understanding the use case. Maybe you have to be female to get this?

This is alluded to in the article - the "programming a VCR" comment. I can see how using a dial or buttons to control it just wouldn't feel right. Waving your hands? Maybe not quite there yet either (how about a NeuroSky?), but a neat hack regardless.
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