''Metafetish'' (formerly ''Slashdong'') is a blog about

teledildonics Teledildonics (also known as cyberdildonics) is the name coined for virtual sex encounters using networked, electronic sex toys to mimic and extend human sexual interaction. The term became known after technology critic and writer Howard Rheingol ...

and similar use of technology for erotic purposes.

Description

It is run by engineer Kyle Machulis,"Sex Meets Tech at Kinky Conference in San Francisco"
''Digital Journal''. October 4, 2007. under the pen name qDot. It promotes

DIY "Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts. Academic research has described DIY as behaviors where "individuals use raw and sem ...

sex-toy designs and open-source software to drive them, including an

Xbox Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. The brand consists of five video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming services, an online service by the name of Xbox network, and the development arm by the ...

modification to power a software-controlled

dildo A dildo is a sex toy, often explicitly phallic in appearance, intended for sexual penetration or other sexual activity during masturbation or with sex partners. Dildos can be made from a number of materials and shaped like an erect human p ...

, and even a vibrator-control package for emacs called ''Deldo''. The site has been featured in ''

Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San ...

s ''Sex Drive'' column. Machulis has also been a speaker at several conferences on issues related to sex and technology including Etech and

Arse Elektronika Arse Elektronika is an annual conference organized by the Austrian arts and philosophy collective monochrom, focused on sex and technology. The festival presents talks, workshops, machines, presentations and films. The festival's curator is Johann ...

, his presentations remarked in the

O'Reilly O'Reilly ( ga, Ó Raghallaigh) is a group of families, ultimately all of Irish Gaelic origin, who were historically the kings of East Bréifne in what is today County Cavan. The clan were part of the Connachta's Uí Briúin Bréifne kindred a ...

Conference Blog and the ''Digital Journal''. Since 2015 the site is no longer called slashdong, the new URL is metafetish.com "because Kyle got sick of explaining what slashdot was and that he didn't like cutting up penises"About Site of metafetish
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References

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External links

metafetish.com
the blog's official website Erotica and pornography websites Sexuality and computing Teledildonics