In an age of ubiquitous social networking tools, the way people connect and build relationships whether businesswise or on a more personal level is changing. A broader look at technologies on the horizon is about to disrupt the world as we know it according to SocialTechnologies. They describe 10 forecasts for cupid:

1. location-based dating or any possible love candidates nearby your smartphone?
2. the new infidelity or are online crushes acceptable or not?
3. together apart or (r)emo(te)-sensing your loved one
4. virtual therapy or second life group therapy
5. scientific pairings or do our genes promise a happy future together?
6. remote intimacy or ‘the real thing’ even when 20.000 miles apart
7. love potions or love chemistry in a bottle
8. pleasure bots or AI sex dolls
9. brain sex or who cares about the ‘packaging’ if we can plug directly into each other’s brain?
10. people will be people or why bother about the above 9?

Via ChangeWaves

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