CES 2019: Innovation award given to sex toy taken back for being 'immoral'

The Consumer Electronic Association has rescinded its Innovation Award given to a sex toy, disqualifying the personal massager because they deemed it to be'immoral, obscene, indecent, profane'. The Ose massager, created by mostly-female startup company Lora DiCarlo, is a tool to give a hands-free blended orgasm by using advanced micro-robotics to mimic a human partner. The CEA, which is currently holding its CES showcase in Las Vegas, granted a CES Innovation Award in the robotics category to Lora DiCarlo for its sex toy, but according to owner Lora Haddock the award was taken back a month later. Now Haddock is appealing the decision, which she calls a double standard and says has potentially cost the startup investors. A CES spokeswoman said in a statement: 'The product does not fit into any of our existing product categories and should not have been accepted for the Innovation Awards Program.