A Japanese lab has invented an Internet kissing machine. Huh? That is correct. Using a pair of “Kiss Transmission Devices” and waggling your tongue around a straw, you can share an Internet “kiss”. The kiss can be recorded and shared over and over – for example, from a celebrity to all their adoring fans.

Tokyo’s Kajimoto Laboratory says it’s “just the beginning of what could become a full-on person-to-person experience over the Internet”. Bringing the parental responsibility of online safety to frightening new heights.