http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tJk1dVIfw&feature=related
Ever since last month's China International Medical Equipment Fair in Shenzhen, China, a curious video (above) has been spreading across the blogosphere. The gadget in question is apparently an automatic sperm collector, an all-in-one machine into which men can donate sperm (hands-free). The video treats the entire subject in a rather ridiculous manner, raising two questions: How does this gadget actually work? And does anyone actually use them?
Today, there are in fact several companies selling automatic sperm collectors on the internet (here, here, and here, for example). Your average sperm-collecting gadget consists of a kiosk with a monitor that provides stimulating visuals (!), complimented by sounds (!!). A little lower is a "semen-collection sheath," which purportedly simulates the feel and movement of a vagina.On top of visual stimuli, another company says that their gadget uses "infrared heating to simulate the temperature of female vagina [sic]," which consists of ...
