Maintaining a long distance relationship can be tricky, with physical contact being an impossibility when your love interest is hundreds of miles away.

As with all things in the 21st century, technology is coming to the rescue, as a somewhat bizarre smart phone device has just been invented that allows you to share intimate physical moments no matter how far apart you are. 

The Kissenger allows kisses to be transferred over the internet using touch sensitive, real time robotic technology. 

The device, which is available for smart phones with an app, uses matching kiss pads which apply pressure and sensation to your partners mouth in real time, essentially allowing you to share a virtual kiss with all of the sensitivity and response of a regular kiss.

Well, maybe not quite, but the robotic lip pad is dong a pretty good job of helping couples share a sweet kiss without being together. 

The Kissenger works with pressure sensors and actuators that record and transmit the your kiss to the receiving device, which recreates it for the person on the other end, and vica versa.

The Kissenger originated as a cute, pig-like robot which plugs into the computer, perfect for ending those Skype sessions on a high.

However, the smart phone device comes with an app that allows you to make Facetime calls to your partner.

Not just for lovers, the Kissenger is also designed for parents to kiss their children on the cheek while at work or away on holidays, which is kind of sweet. 

The device is still in development and hasn't yet been made available to the greater public.