Private massager, sperm counter, virtual
Reality porn, called "the first e-book in the world --
Driving toys ": all of these products are on display at CES, the largest consumer electronics conference in China.
Two of them won the prize there.
So when Oise, one hand --
Her free sex toys, designed with the team of engineers at Oregon State University, were canceled three weeks later by the CES Innovation Award.
In an email explaining the changes to the conference, Ms.
Haddock shared with the New York Times that a representative cited a clause in the terms and conditions of the winners, canceling what was deemed "immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or non-compliant with CTA” (
CTA refers to the Consumer Technology Association running CES. )
"I was shocked . "
Hardock, 33, said: "Then I was angry.
The award "marks an inclusive shift," she said ".
"In fact, no, you are obscene. you are indecent and immoral. you have no innovation at all.
"Last year, CES had more than 180,000 participants from all over the world, and according to its own statistics, it received more than 100,000 mentions in the media. For start-
Companies like MS
Haddock's on display at CES is crucial to attracting investment.
This is more important for sexual health companies, and essentially it is difficult to put ads on platforms like Facebook, magazines and public space.
John Parmigiani, director of Prototype Development Lab at Oregon State University, first met Ms.
In 2017, shortly after the official establishment of Hardock, her name was Lora DiCarlo.
Over the years, sir. Parmigiani —
Has worked with companies like Boeing and Daimler Trucks.
Has become a hot
Entrepreneurs seeking expertise in mechanical engineering.
"I attended the meeting with Lora and I don't know what her product is . "
Parmigiani said in a recent interview.
"The third sentence she said is like this, 'I didn't mix the climax for the first time until I was 20 --
What a few years old’” Mr.
He was just taken aback, but he was listening to it all the time, said pamjani.
"It's a bit out of my comfort range, I think," he said, "but there's nothing wrong with it. ” Ms.
Haddock uses a term that describes the orgasm achieved at the same time as external and internal stimuli.
This is her first mixed climax.
When I was 28, Haddock said, "hit me from the bed to the floor.
I lay there thinking, what should I do?
"This is not what sells sir.
Parmigiani on this project.
"I gave him a list of 52 functional engineering requirements needed to produce this product," Ms. Haddock said.
"It was then that he lit up. ” Ms.
Haddock, who worked in the health care department and served in the Navy, is a self-
Describe the anatomy nerd.
She knew she wanted her product to be customizable so she started collecting G-
Spots and clit are located on different bodies.
"I try to talk to everyone who has a vagina," said the lady. Haddock said.
"I really asked them to measure it with their hands and tape measure.
"Osé, which will be sold for $250 this fall, once placed on the pelvic belt, will expand according to the user's preferences.
Instead of vibrating, it uses gentle, Autonomous motion and airflow to enhance the stimulus.
Eight patents related to osé are pending.
The team that built it includes doctors. Ada-
Rhodes Short, who specializes in robotics and artificial intelligence, and Lora Val, currently a PhD candidate for design
Major in mechanical engineering, Oregon State University. In follow-
In the email, officials from CES and the Consumer Technology Association seem to take a step back from earlier assertions about the product's breach of ethical provisions, and conversely, OSSE is not suitable for the category of robots and drones, also not suitable for any other product category.
"If you look at the definition of a robotic device, it must be a robotic device," Mr.
Said pamadani.
"There is no reason.
Carlo should have won the prize.
Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive of the Consumer Technology Association, said in a statement to The Times: "we have made a mistake for us to CEO Lora HARDO since Lori DiCarlo products are not suitable for any product category we have and should not be accepted for the Innovation Award Program.
CES is a professional commercial exhibition where porn, adult toys and sex tech products are not part of the event.
CES is a large exhibition with more than 4,500 exhibitors.
We acknowledge that there is inconsistency among the participating companies and these problems will be resolved. ”But Ms.
According to Haddock, what happened was more than an accidental negligence or clerical error.
So last Tuesday, January, she published an open letter accusing CES of gender bias.
8. the first day of the conference.
This is not the first time anyone has accused the trade show of gender bias: In 2018, many in the tech industry criticized CES for not having a female keynote speaker for the second year in a row, the failed CES was attributed to "a limited number of women in these positions ".
Of the 89 judges of this year's Innovation Awards, 20 are women.
CES said it is committed to diversity and noted that it will invest $10 million this year in venture companies and funds that focus on women, people of color and other under-represented start-ups
Ups and entrepreneurs.
At CES, there are all kinds of women on display.
Products including breast pump, parenting instrument and skin
But critics point out that many of these tools exist to enable women to support something or someone else.
"They serve births, society as a whole, families," she said . "
Vars, technical director of Lora DiCarlo.
She noted that OhMiBod, a sexual health company that exhibited at CES for many years, won the prize in 2016 for its Kegel exercise.
"This is considered to be good for men's happiness or fertility," Ms. Vars said.
"I heard a joke from a man: 'I like to sleep with a woman who does keels.
"Sexual health is something that can only be done behind closed doors, especially for women," said Polly rodgetz, chief executive of Unbounce and other sexual health products. Ms.
Rhodes never applied for CES for her gender reputation-
Based on discrimination(
Last year, after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority rejected the company's ads on grounds of violating rules prohibiting obscenity, unbound became news. )
But other women
Driven sexual health products have become Ms. Haddock’s.
Karen Long, who has worked in healthcare technology for more than 20 years, was told that her company's lipido enhancement device Fiera was not eligible to enter the health and technology category in 2015.
An email from the conference organizer later added: "As a practice, we are not allowed to use sexual health products at CES.
"We are a very clinically driven consumer product with research to support our products, validated surveys, OB-
GYNs and everything on board, "Ms. Long said.
"We are all tired of this," Ms. Haddock said.
"It's not just our products.
It's about something bigger.
This is about truly understanding human sexuality and understanding innovation.
When you call something obscene just because something has something to do with the vagina, technology as an industry begins to lose.
"Liz Klinger, Lioness's chief executive, is equally shocked that the company has produced a smart vibrator for women who collect sex-arousing data. (
She applied for CES on 2017 and was rejected. )
"They said they would not include any new adult products in this area," Ms. Li said. Klinger said.
"They have had bad experiences in the past and don't want any new products on the floor.
Later, she found another applicant approved to rent an entire room to show virtual reality porn.