From kissing machines to augmented reality sweethe...  ...t recent contribution to the field is a coat that hugs you and says sweet nothings in a female voice:Cal...  ...e machine simulates the feeling when a girlfriend hugs the guy around the waist from behind. Well, at le...

[http://youtu.be/y6He0FWoFj0] (YouTube link)Tim Harris has Down Syndrome and a restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tim's Place bills itself as "The world's friendliest restaurant." Seeing the joy Tim puts into his wor...

XOXO Sticky NotesValentine's Day is coming. Are yo...  ...t way to discreetly give someone lots and lots of hugs

I wish there were gloryholes for hugs

The Coke machine just wants to be loved. Is th...  ...s soda vending machine in Singapore to respond to hugs by dispensing free cans of soda. The idea is to e...

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. Jaws and Chief Brody. Ronald McDonald and the Burger King. They aren't destined to be enemies. All they need is to show each other a little love, as Ingrid Aspöck's cartoons illustrat...

The Nicest Place On the Internet is a place where you can cheer up after a hard day. After all, it's hard not to feel good when random strangers keep giving you a virtual hug. Link...

(Video Link) “Gatorman Mike” Sturgill of Naples, Florida, will let you hug one of his alligators for a small fee. Oh, you want it muzzled? Well, Sturgill's got that taken care of, too. http://www.naplesnews.c...

(Video Link) Hugs are not yet available through the NeatoShop (vend...  ...The result is that the user can feel his/her own hugs : The illusion of a mutual hug with the half-hu...

Problem: you want to hug someone, but distance and/or restraining orders are in the way. Solution: Hug-E-Gram! This service will deliver a fuzzy object to the person that you love, who can wrap it around him/hersel...