LAS VEGAS?wmode=transparent"Literally, if you're playing Candy Crush, as soon as you hit that level ... you hit that level."

Brian Dunham, one of the founders of OhMiBod, was showing me the BlueMotion, his company's new iPhone- and Android-powered vibrator. Along with his wife Suki, Dunham has been building high-tech vibes for years now. Their latest model is an elegant, rubbery little device that can sit in a woman's panties to be controlled remotely by an app.

The BlueMotion's secret is that it's really just a Bluetooth speaker (in your pants.) The app is sending it sounds; loops of preprogrammed mood-vibes or custom taps and swipes. The app has various modes to let you control the vibe through touch or tilt, but you can also just power up Pandora or a game and rock out - anywhere.

The company' previous panty-based vibes "are popular with a lot of clubbers, concert goers, even commuters; people have been saying you're finally turned my commute into something fun," Brian Dunham said.

I'm picking out some of the best quotes, but I have to emphasize how sweet and earnest the Dunhams are. They've been together for 25 years and they have two kids. It's pretty effortless to turn vibrators into a silly topic, but they're downright wholesome when they talk about them.

"Technology is driving couples apart; there have been stories written all over the place that it's creating kind of an intimacy chasm. People are cuddling up with their iPads instead of each other," Brian Dunham said. "We're overusing technology for the wrong reasons. If you're going to be head down with your phone, you might as well do something useful with it."

I handled the BlueMotion until my hands were numb. It's small, soft, and feels warm. It's not smooth; it's made of a soft-touch material, and it isn't waterproof, but it's wipeable. The little device has a single vibrating motor, so when you tap and swipe on your phone's touch screen you're controlling pattern and intensity, but not position. It's cute, it's fun, and it doesn't look at all like most vibrators, as it's neither bullet nor tube shaped, and has no real prongs (just a slight bump on the inner surface.) The Dunhams promoted it as a couples' device, but really, I can't see why a single lady with a smartphone wouldn't have a blast setting up her favorite tap-and-swipe patterns.

The BlueMotion will be available in early Spring for $129.

After talking to Brian, I got Suki to show me the device and answer some questions. Check out her answers in the video below.

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