Geeks and those without a girlfriend can rejoice that the latest NASA technology might mean you never have to try.

Next door to the CES show there is the annual Adult Entertainment Expo, famous mostly for porn stars and hacks trying to get a sex angle on the flaccid CES next door.

But at this show Brett Drysdale was showing off a rocket-shaped RealTouch device which he says was "developed and tested by a former NASA engineer".  He must have had fun.  The gear contains belts, lubrication jets, heating elements and other gadgetry programmed to give men, who probably have never had the pleasure before the feeling of sex.

Apparently you can slip anything you like into it and it feels like a woman except for the fact that it connects to your computer with a USB cable and synchronises with a porn movie.

Drysdale said that you watch the action on a screen and a signal is sent to the box to simulate what is happening.  Of course there is an online RealTouch theatre you can plug into which costs a buck a minute.

That will be your biggest cost as the RealTouch gear only sets you back $150. Still it is cheaper and less embarrassing than hiring an escort, unless it is found by your mum of course.