A very rough prototype

A regular in the maker space named Mike had finally gotten his prototype personal massager working. It was actually a pretty neat idea. It was a 3D-printed ring that fit on two fingers. Pretty much anyone would assume it was a homemade vibrating cock ring, but it was actually a bit different. The inside of the ring contained several small vibrators, that also made contact with sheets of piezoelectric material. The outside of the ring had an electrical wire wrapped around it that transferred the tiny electrical shocks to wherever the user was massaging while the vibrators also stimulated the area. The part of the ring touching the finger was shielded with silicone to prevent shock and vibration fatigue on the user's hand.

Mike’s design was crude and badly constructed. I had offered him several ideas along the way to make it work better, but he ignored them all and continued his initial design for months. I was honestly surprised he got it to work.

“Shit!” Mike exclaimed as the little machine started grinding and let out a puff of smoke. “You know what I’m done with this,” he said looking towards me, “you can have it, Clayton.” He angrily began walking out.

“Wait, Mike, you’re really close let me help you 3D print a new casing for it. This can easily be saved.” I yelled after him, but he just held out his hands and walked out.

I picked up the ruined device and put it in the drawer of my desk in case he had a change of heart. A few hours later though I got an email that he canceled his membership to the maker space.

Shaking my head, I replied to the email that I was sorry to see him go and wished him luck.

I pulled the ring back out and wondered if it would be unethical to re-engineer it for myself. “Kelly might enjoy it,” I thought out loud.