Long distance lovers now have Kissinger

Lovers separated by distance by can see and talk to each other using the internet, but what about sharing a smooch ?
The Kissinger is a gadget that's been knocking around university research labs for the last few years and aim to let couple kiss each other through the internet.
It's brightly coloured smart phone holster With an inviting plastic pad attached to the bottom. You lock lips with the pad and it transmits the sensation through to an identical holster and an identical pad that is nestling your partner's phone Where every that may be.
Kissing is the most direct and universal expression of intimacy and affection, explained Emma Yann  Zhang , who worked on the prototype.
It's way for us to bond and maintain intimacy in our relationships.she told an audience at the love and sex with Robots congress as gold smith university of London.
The Kissinger works with pressure sensors and actuators that record and transmit the your kiss to the receiving device, which recreates it for the person on the other end through an app that also features video calling.
The creators admit that there's still away to go when it comes to accurately creating a long distance make out session. For starters, the pad isn't mouth shaped ( although the actuators are linked Like lips) and there's no simulation for a tounge .
But the creators insist that it's already helping to get people accustomed to machine based touching.
And , moreover that it's not being used in an overtly sexual way .
Parents can also use Kissinger to give their children a kiss on the cheek when they are away at work say it's creators.