2019 CES organizers criticized the decision to cancel the women's Innovation Award at the end of last year
Led health company Lora DiCarlo provides services for its osé robot amusement equipment for reasons ranging from lack of categories to "immorality.
Oregon State University-
The startup released an open letter on Tuesday describing how CES and the organization behind the event, the Consumer Technology Association, chose the company's hands
Free rides for the award in last October, only a few weeks later.
Lora Haddock, founder of Lora DiCarlo, wrote that she and her employees (
Almost all of their engineers are women)
For being disqualified so late in the process, and the product being banned from being displayed at ces's booth, they give two different explanations.
In her letter, Haddock also believes that the ongoing gender bias at CES is actually the culprit, and that the leadership of the shechallengedthe group addresses this bias against male sexuality and
Start by letting their stories follow the rules of the event directly.
See also: via Uber and Lyft?
The apps hail rides or books ahead haddock wrote that the CES organizers initially informed her team that their awards had been "[removed]citing]
This rule is buried in their [legalese]
: Entries that the CTA believes are unethical, obscene, indecent, profane or non-conforming to the image of the CTA will be disqualified.
CTA reserves the right to disqualify any entry at any time that CTA considers endangering the safety or well-being of any person, or not to comply with these official provisions.
"If we don't meet their policies, how does our application pass the first round of review by CTA staff in the world, not to mention getting high marks from their expert judges? Hardock wrote.
"It's also important to note that at CES in 2018, menit's regular sex toys were launched on the floor, and every year a VR porn company was on display there, when consumers were out of date, men are allowed to watch porn in public. . .
Other sex toys have been on display at CES and some have even won awards, but apparently the ose is a product created by women to empower women, it has something different, some
Haddock said: "See also: Facebook negotiated the goal of resisting civil rights during its platform at the National Association of People of color, but later, organizers said they lost the award because
Short-term Awards
OSSE (winning equipment with problem)
Original name Vela), is a hands-
Free sex toys with biomedical and Micro
Robotic technology that reproduces the feel of the human tongue, mouth and/or fingers to stimulate the female clit and g-
"The location of the mixed climax.
Sarah Brown, senior manager of CTA campaign communications, commented in a statement to Megan Ross Diki of TechCrunch, "Vela is not suitable for any product category we have, it should also not be accepted for the Innovation Award Program. . .
CTA has informed dicora DiCarlo of this position.
We apologize to the company for our mistake.
Haddock countered in her public letter that their product was the subject of "eight pending patents, including robotics, biomedical and engineering feats.
She also wrote, "You never know how to use technology ,[and]
The future of health care is likely to be a patent for sex toys.
But if CES and CTA want to exclude women and sexual technology so much, we will never find out.
"Given the history of the annual trade show, conflicts like this may also make it obsolete.
As Samantha Cole of the main board company pointed out today, "Do your best to separate yourself from the consumer of the adult industry, and CES is from-
If you don't thank-
Technology industry.