The team of engineers at the company I set up in 2017 was mostly female and non-binary, Lora DiCarlo developed micro
Robot technology simulates all the feelings of human touch to make happy technology.
Our product is a hands-on one.
Free device for hybrid orgasm
Basically the holy grail of happiness.
Realize it with innovative technology.
We are proud of our work, so we submitted it to this year's CES Technology Exhibition and won the Innovation Award for the robotics and drone category of the exhibition.
However, what happens next shows that gender double standards still dominate the tech community, especially when it comes to sex between women and homosexuality.
Obviously, in Silicon Valley, products created by women and gender have something different, threatening --
Unqualified people give power to people in the vagina.
Not only affect our products,
It affects the technology that everyone uses.
On last October, CES informed us that the ose had been selected as the winner.
A panel of independent expert judges in the field of robotics scored high on all criteria.
They see a product that goes beyond the limits of engineering and design, opening the door to a bigger leap in innovation, beyond the use of sexual technology only.
The award did not surprise us: our products were designed in collaboration with the robotics engineering laboratory of the top public universities (
Oregon State University ranked fourth
According to the graduate school center, the American robotics laboratory ranking.
Osé is the subject of eight patent applications (so far)
Robot, bionic technology and engineering design.
Our engineering team includes technical director Lola Vars, a PhD student in mechanical engineering at OSU with expertise in material science, chemistry and anatomy;
Ada, senior mechanical and electrical engineer
Short, PhD student in artificial intelligence and robotics at OSU;
And four other electrical, mechanical and electrical engineers.
Our team is delighted.
We asked how CES ensured the presentation space for each award winner and booked a booth for last week's exhibition in Las Vegas.
We want to position ourselves as open and welcoming to all, but also to make sure that our brand, marketing and product displays don't alienate anyone who happens to be passing.
Everything we do at Lora DiCarlo stems from the positive and inclusive nature of sex.
We don't hide what we do. we believe in women and non-duality, gender.
Non-conforming and gay, bisexual and transgender people should claim our space in joy and technology --
The two companies are still dominated by male executives.
We also believe that society needs to abandon taboos about sex and sexuality: it is part of life and health and should definitely be part of mainstream discourse.
There is no shame, no embarrassment, just be yourself and enjoy the comfort and freedom of your body.
Organizers sent back an email saying they had a "very strict policy to ban 'adults' companies from showing at the show site.
A few days later, we received an email claiming that our survey "stimulated the operation of the Consumer Technology Association CES and greater dialogue within the owning agency ".
Our application for the award was canceled.
Although the award has been awarded
Because CTA reserves "sole discretion" to decide which entries are "immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in line with the image of CTA ".
We feel angry and insulting.
We went back to the letter and expressed our disappointment at CTA's view of innovation so narrowly and mentioned other pleasures --
Technology equipment that won the CES Innovation Award.
So the organizers took a new strategy.
CTA President Gary Shapiro wrote to us saying there was a "misconception" that our product was "not qualified to enter" the robot category, and, in addition, first of all, it "is not suitable for any of our existing product categories and should not be accepted ".
In addition to that, Lora DiCarlo was even banned from exhibiting at CES.
This is a huge blow for a young company that is raising money for our operations and product listings.
We have been working hard to complete the $1 investment since receiving our award-winning notice.
Manufacturing ramp 1 million
Product Launch-
This is partly due to the additional impact of winning the CES Innovation Award.
Going back to our investors, explaining that it could be disastrous for the award to be revoked.
Fortunately, our investors are well aware of the market potential of our cuts.
Edge technology and support open dialogue between women and non-binary individuals on sexual health.
From our technology and business initiatives to our fully inclusive corporate culture, they are proud to stand by us. (
When asked to comment by The Washington Post, CTA sent a statement stating that "the products cited are not suitable for any of our existing product categories and should not be accepted for the Innovation Award
There is no classification of sex toys at CES.
Almost two months ago, CTA had communicated this position to Lora DiCarlo and we have apologized to them for our mistake. ”)
This will never happen in the products of the boys club in the tech world.
CES cannot cite any other example of an independent expert withdrawing the award after awarding it.
Obviously, the rationale shift to stop Lora DiCarlo from leaving CES is just an excuse.
There is no problem with CES allowing men to use pornographic products; a virtual-
Reality porn shows there every year, allowing most male attendees to take a break from porn while strolling through the big show.
Last year, a male sex robot doll was first launched at CES.
Excluding women
Focus Technology, CES and CTA essentially mean sex and health of non-cismale-
Innovation is not worth it.
These biases stifle innovation by preventing access to finance, engagement and technology transfer and development to other industries and consumers who may take brands and products to the next level.
Companies founded by women and women
Faced with entrepreneurs in all industries, they find it much harder to get a venture capital than a similar male
Enterprise oriented
They only get 2% of the total venture capital.
Events like this also reinforce the hidden biases of the technology itself, such as the "artificial intelligence" algorithm that tends to pick male candidates to work.
Different perspectives are essential for developing the best and most innovative technologies and for advancing social and economic development.
It is also more profitable to include women, people of color and gender --
Organize non-conforming persons at all levels and LGBTQIA personnel (
Including trade show exhibitors).
You never know how the new technology will eventually be used.
The future of health care is likely to be a patent for sex toys.
But if CES wants to exclude women and sexual technology so much, we will never find out.