Teledildonics—that’s the science of app-connected sex toys—promises to let you feel your partner from thousands of miles away. One couple put it to the test.

My husband, Kale, and I pride ourselves on our willingness to try pretty much anything in bed at least once. Now, thanks to some pretty futuristic sex toys, we can even say we’ve had sex without touching each other.

The tech is called teledildonics, and it has the potential to let people truly engage in virtual-reality sex when they’re apart. At its most basic level, teledildonics connects corresponding toys via the Web; each toy uses haptic feedback (similar to your smartphone’s touch screen) to respond to touch, so your partner feels what you’re doing and vice versa. But can the technology mimic real intimacy? Or does it feel more like sleeping with a sex robot? Kale and I were game to find out.

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