Over the course of the year, many believe that CES 2019's most interesting new technology is lackluster, and none of the more than 4,000 exhibitor booths in Conference 2 can be found.
The display floor is 7 million square feet.
I had to go to a small unofficial one in order to find it
Women from sex technology company Lora DiCarlo are crowded together in the live conference room.
See also: the best technology for CES 2019 the device OS é they created solves a major problem.
For a long time, women have been forced to settle for onesize-fits-all vibrators.
But osé customizes a very different internal anatomy that fits every woman's body.
No vibration is used (
Because this often leads to less sensitivity)
Instead, it stimulates the clit and G-
Imitate the partner's touch in many ways to achieve the "holy grail" of mixed female orgasms ".
The ose, which will be launched in the fall, is not only banned from CES by CTA (
Consumer Technology Association).
A few months before the conference, CTA actually withdrew the CES 2019 innovation award it originally awarded to the ose's coveted robot and drone category.
"Our chin fell to the floor," CEO Lora Haddock said in an email informing them of a sudden revocation . ".
"We were very shocked. "The reason?
This is where things get tricky.
According to the official statement from CES, OS é, "is not suitable for any product category we have and should not be accepted for the Innovation Award Program" because "CES does not have a sex toy category.
But that doesn't explain why sex toys have won similar CES awards in the past.
This also failed to address the fact that Lora DiCarlo's ose was submitted, reviewed and accepted as an award by CTA's expert judge --
Worth entering the category of robots and drones.
Until, that is, they applied to show their equipment in the showroom, at which point the CTA rejected them because the ose was an "adult" product, before canceling their award, the reason is that it now believes that osé is "immoral, obscene, indecent ,[and/or]profane.
"CTA does not provide any further clarification as to its reward process, what makes the product eligible for entry into a certain category, what is" immoral "or" obscene.
But Carlo and the other womenled companies (
Especially sex related)
This is ces's legendary history of gender discrimination and double standards.
The evidence is hard to deny.
The bias of CTA not only led to the hostile environment of women in the science and technology community
They also introduced some of the most innovative new technologies from CES. Sex is not allowed
CTA's caution with adult content at CES dates back to its origins, as it has a disturbing and close connection with the sex industry (
CES has had a "adult software" section for decades. )
In 1998, the event purified its image by separating from everything, leading to an independent adult entertainment fair, which was held a week after CES.
But since then, the formality of the CTA has proven to be inconsistent, biased and transientsighted.
Image: Glen Chapman/AFP/Getty Images)
No problem with booth babes until recently except CTA (and even then)
It thought it would be appropriate to launch the personalized customizable robot Solana at last year's trade show.
Also last year, porn company Naughty America had a high-profile virtual reality porn room that drew a long line.
Liz Klinger, another female CEO.
Focusing on entertainment technology company Lioness described Lora DiCarlo's situation as "almost a perfect parallel" to what happened on CES 2018 ".
Her exhibitor's application to help women explore their sexual activities was also rejected for being an "adult product.
"The reason for communicating to us from the reverse channel is [CES]
"There was no specific" bad experience "in the past, so all" obscene "products were banned," she said . ".
Vibrator company MysteryVibe, another sex technology company with outstanding female partners
Founder Stephanie Ayers also confirmed to Mashable that their exhibitor application was rejected for the same reason.
CTA's "obscene" defense against Lora DiCarlo is particularly thin for Haddock when comparing naughty American and more female brands
A dedicated company like Lora DiCarlo and Lioness.
"I mean, if I try to come up with a synonym for" obscenity "or" profanity ", the word" naughty "would be high," Haddock said with a smile . ".
I checked the naughty American VR/AR Stripper demo for myself in the conference room near the main showroom.
It includes many naked 3D models of different women (only one man)
Users move and operate like objects in virtual and augmented reality spaces.
The idea, according to CEO Andrés hernoplo, is to make a "modern gentleman magazine" or the ultimate "human cave ".
"I asked hacipoulo about his thoughts on banning Lora DiCarlo and whether he saw any contradiction between ces's policy on adult products.
"No, I think they 've been very consistent and it's been very good to work with them since we 've been working with them over the last four years.
In Edge, Klinger has different points of view.
"It's a pretty stark contrast, female-even health-focused —
In this case, access to obscene but male sex is actually pornography, not and not "legal technology ".
"None of us have a problem with 'obscene' stuff," Haddock said . ".
One of almost all the spells-
The women's company is "a hundred wins that will never have anyone ".
But, she said, "You can't turn around and exclude the vagina if you're going to put one in --
Focus on obscene technology.
"Lora DiCarlo may have suffered financial blows from astronomical figures from investors who flocked after winning the prize but withdrew after being revoked.
Haddock also said that CTA President Gary Shapiro personally sent a letter announcing that their product was "not in line" with the category of robots and drones, which was a huge blow to their confidence.
Initially, the CES awards made the team feel legalised because the industry often reduces women
Technology-oriented progress and stigma of sexual technology.
But then it's a typical example of how female innovators experience gas lighting every day in technology.
As Haddock described in her open letter about collapse: the real icing on the cake is, lora DiCarlo is still presenting the ose at the CES-related but not entirely run by CES's showstand press conference.
Although CTA considers it ineligible, the ose continues to receive the IHS Markit Innovation Award in robotics and drones.
"It's really serious, not talking about innovative engineering, rapid prototyping --house —
This is the amazing achievement of my technical director, Lola Vars.
We will discuss and deal with these things.
Said Hardock.
Osé has the ability to redefine the entertainment industry for women.
Both the sex industry and the tech industry are dominated by men, and men have far less personal investment in finding new ways to bring happiness to women --
They can experience special happiness without men.
There have been and will continue to be other female innovators in this area, but it is not just the gatekeepers who are holding them back.
Even in terms of the basics of anatomical research, Haddock and her team found standard data and information about the lack of physical and sexual behavior of women.
Image: mandel ngan/AFP/Getty Image, which is exactly why the Lora DiCarlo team does not back down now.
"What the CTA did was really disappointing when you removed people like us from creating new innovations and new technologies, you cut off the hadoc between our industry and the rest of the industry and said: "You are killing everyone's innovation. ".
CES 2019 is a wasteland without sexyso-
Those new products that feel increasingly split with the reality of the world we live in.
Its selective Conservative policy in terms of sex, especially in women, will only guarantee that it is more culturally irrelevant.
"It doesn't include sexual health, even if you separate it, it's a loss," said lion'klinger . ".
"Sex is part of everyone's basic physiological function --
There are not many categories you can say that.
This is certainly a deeper part of most people's lives than most IoT.
"Fortunately, women like Klinger, Haddock, and their diverse team of thinkers seem to know well that they will take advantage of this opportunity, whether or not there are CES.
"People keep asking me, 'Are you worried about the consequences? '
The rebound in exposing this situation is called unfair complaints or complaints? '" she told me. "No. I'mnot worried.
It's too unfair.