{"id":67426,"date":"2014-07-30T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=67426"},"modified":"2014-07-30T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T09:02:56","slug":"exercise-your-vagina-and-get-better-at-sex-with-this-gaming-peripheral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/67426-exercise-your-vagina-and-get-better-at-sex-with-this-gaming-peripheral","title":{"rendered":"Exercise your vagina and get better at sex with this gaming peripheral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we covered the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/66659-the-penis-gaming-peripheral-you-never-knew-you-wanted.html\">penis gaming peripheral<\/a>, my second thought was, &#8220;what about female gamers?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Well, now there is the\u00a0Smart Kegel Exercise Aid &#8211; known as SKEA for short &#8211; which promises female gamers better sex, no\u00a0incontinence, and stronger pelvic muscles all round.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine playing Temple Run with Fitbit. Not with fingers, but with pelvic floor muscles!&#8221; the project&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/2091647642\/skea-smart-kegel-exercise-aid\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter post<\/a> proclaims.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing the SKEA has received just over $5,700 towards its\u00a0$38,000 goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bye-bye, urinary incontinence. Oh, and welcome back, SEX!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before you ask, I will try and answer your two questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What the hell is going on?<\/li>\n<li>How does it work?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Firstly, according to the Kickstarter post, women lose control of their bladder &#8211; mostly\u00a0after giving birth &#8211; and this equals a ruined sex life. Not having a vagina or a baby-mommy myself, I will let the gadget&#8217;s inventor explain it in more depth.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/2091647642\/skea-smart-kegel-exercise-aid\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now that you have a somewhat better understanding courtesy of our enthusiastic narrator, we can move onto the next pressing matter: how does it work?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Skea can be comfortably positioned inside body like a tampon. Its embedded pressure sensor detects pelvic muscle contractions and synchs wirelessly to smartphones. Squeeze on Skea, your game Avatar jumps; squeeze again, jump again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kegel exercises, on which the device is based, have been found to not only strengthen pelvic muscles, but improve\u00a0urinary incontinence and is often recommended in sex therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Um, yeah, so, there you have it. SKEA comes with a bespoke game\u00a0Alice in Continent &#8211; pun intended &#8211; which requires you to jump around a lot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_67430\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/How-it-works.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67430\" class=\"size-large wp-image-67430\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/How-it-works-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"SKEA - how it works\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/How-it-works-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/How-it-works.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-67430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SKEA &#8211; how it works<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_67434\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SKEA-demonstration.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67434\" class=\"wp-image-67434\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SKEA-demonstration.gif\" alt=\"SKEA - demonstration\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-67434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SKEA &#8211; demonstration GIF<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you still don&#8217;t think this is your cup of tea, scroll down the original Kickstarter post and see if Tatiana can convince you. 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