German Green Party Warns of Dangerous Sex Toys

(NEWSER) - A green approach to sex, sexual aids, and protection is not only environmentally conscious but also healthy and prescient, the New York Post reports. “It’s really good to know you can power something up with your own body!” says the purveyor of a hand-cranked sex-toy. “It really is sort of post-apocalyptic: When you really can’t plug anything in, at least you’ll still have your vibrator.” More»

$7.2B, 12.5-mile endeavor would be Europe's largest infrastructure project

(NEWSER) - Denmark is preparing for the largest infrastructure project in Europe: a 12.5-mile tunnel to Germany under the Baltic Sea. But the $7.2 billion project, which would be among the world's longest immersed tunnels, has sparked tensions with Germans who are dubious about its usefulness, Der Spiegel reports. With a cost-benefit ratio of 1:1.25, "The World Bank would say that this is a marginal project," says a German engineer. "It was clear right from the start that the interests of the construction industry are behind this." More»

Consumers increasingly comfortable with these sex toys

(NEWSER) - Vibrators used to be confined to seedy stores or websites, but nowadays you can find them right next to the tampons at your local Walgreens, and women are increasingly open about purchasing the sex toys—and sharing them with partners. Consumers "kept telling us vibrators, vibrators. And we just laughed. And then we realized they were serious," says a VP for Trojan, which actually managed to get its vibrator commercial aired on TV . More»

Russian cops find vibrator in 'suspect package'

(NEWSER) - Russia has been tense since the Moscow airport bombing earlier this year, but a bomb squad in Petrozavodsk got something to laugh about yesterday. The city's main postal building was evacuated and surrounded by security forces after a worker reported a suspicious package with a ticking noise. The bomb squad was sent in, only to find a vibrator that had been turned on by accident, the Telegraph reports. A police spokesman says the sex toy will be returned to the post office and sent to its intended recipient. More»

Vibrator update seduces investors

(NEWSER) - A new San Francisco sex-toy company is starting up with a bulge of private investment apparently because of successful design advancements in its "high-end" vibrator series. The JimmyJane company has lured a total of $8.3 million in investment cash, Reuters reports. "I can't even tell you what a challenge it was to get people to understand what we were doing when I only had a few sketches," said company founder Ethan Imboden, who has studied engineering and genetics. More»