New technological developments are spurred on by their sexual applications.

• "Sex, as we know, is a heat-seeking missile that forever seeks out the newest medium for its transmission." - Gerard Van Der Leun, "This Is A Naked Lady: Behind every new technology is...sex?," Wired Magazine 1.01 - Mar/Apr 1993
  
  
• "The home video revolution was driven largely by the sudden realization that it was possible to watch porn in the comfort of one’s own home (plus a few cartoons for the kids), and it was several years before the laws relating to videos were introduced to try and control the situation."
  - Richard Glyn Jones, Cybersex, p.xv
  
  
• According to Dr. Marty Klein's "The History & Future of Sex" (Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, Volume 2, August 10, 1999):
  
  "In every era, new technologies are always adapted to sexual uses. Here are
  some examples:

• ICONOCAST - Yahoo! Search Terms (static)
  
  
• "Sex on the Net is the quietest big business in the world. It attracts tens of millions of users. "Respectable" Web businesses rely on it for ad dollars. Online pornography was the first consistently successful e-commerce product and played a major part in the Internet's explosive growth. And adult sites gave us technological advances in advertising, user tracking, and e-commerce that have now spread throughout the Web." - "Sex on the Web," a CNET Special Report
  
  
  • History: "In the early days of the Net, individuals would simply scan dirty pictures from magazines and video-box covers, then post them to bulletin boards and newsgroups. Many of the first adult sites consisted of this hijacked material, copied and passed from site to site...
    
    Then, in 1997, the Association for the Protection of Internet Copyright (APIC), also known as the Web Posse, began policing adult material. The group, consisting mostly of photographers and copyright holders from the traditional porn industry, sent threatening letters to Webmasters, pressured ISPs to boot offending sites, and encouraged local district attorneys to bring infringement charges." - "Sex on the Web," a CNET Special Report