We-Vibe
We-Vibe is a brand of sex toys manufactured by Standard Innovation, a company founded by a Canadian couple in 2003. It is one of Canada's largest producers of adult toys. The company has sold millions of devices since the launch of its first vibrator in 2008. It has been the recipient of over twenty awards including the best couples sex toy at the Sexual Health Expo in Los Angeles. History We-Vibe was created by Standard Innovation, a Canadian company founded by the married couple Bruce and Melody Murison. Bruce Murison previously worked in the semiconductor and manufacturing industries. Both were former employees of the telecommunications company Nortel, which went bankrupt. They started Standard Innovation in 2003 but did not publicize what the company was working on until the launch of the first product in 2008. The company released the first We-Vibe couple's vibrator, a small U or C-shaped device designed to be worn by a woman during sex and over the pubic bone, with one end ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Womanizer (company)
The Womanizer is a series of Sex toy, sex toys in the form of a Vibrator (sex toy), vibrator that are used for sexual stimulation of the Vulva, female genital area. As part of the Lovehoney, Lovehoney Group, Womanizer manufactures pleasure products based on Patent, patented "Pleasure Air Technology". History The first Womanizer clitoral massager was created in 2014 in Bavaria, Germany by Michael Lenke. Lenke was inspired by a study concluding that about half of women experience issues in orgasming. The development process took about two years and his wife Brigitte helped to test the prototypes. Lenke’s first prototypes worked with modified aquarium pumps designed to create clitoral massage and suction. In the same year, the company launched its first product, W100 with patented Pleasure Air Technology. From the following year, Womanizer gained international distribution. The W100 was recognized as the “Best new female product of the year” at the ETO-Awards 2015. In 2017, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teledildonics
Teledildonics (also known as cyberdildonics) is the name coined for virtual sex encounters using Computer network, networked electronic Sex toy, sex toys to mimic and extend human sexual interaction. The term became known after technology critic and writer Howard Rheingold used it in his 1991 book ''Virtual Reality''. In the publication, Rheingold made futuristic conclusions and summaries surrounding technology and used the term 'teledildonics' to refer to remote sexual activity using technology. Nowadays, the term is commonly used to describe remote sex (or, at least, remote mutual masturbation), where Somatosensory system, tactile sensations are communicated over a remote connection between the participants. The term can also refer to the integration of telepresence with sexual activity that these interfaces make possible and can be used in conjunction or interchangeably with sex-technology. The term has also been used less accurately (since there's no "wikt:tele-#English, tele-" e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry. The major award categories, known as the Academy Awards of Merit, are presented during a live-televised Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood ceremony in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929. The 2nd Academy Awards, second ceremony, in 1930, was the first one broadcast by radio. The 25th Academy Awards, 1953 ceremony was the first one televised. It is the oldest of the EGOT, four major annual American entertainment awards. Its counterparts—the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lovehoney
Lovehoney is a British business that sells sex toys, lingerie and erotic gifts on the Internet. Their tagline is "the sexual happiness people". In addition to retailing, Lovehoney has more than 400 own brand products and does development and publicity. In 2014 the company was the focus of a television show entitled ''Frisky Business'', which looked at their day-to-day operations. Background Lovehoney was founded in Bath, Somerset in 2002 by Richard Longhurst (former editor of '' .net magazine'' and '' PC Format'') and Neal Slateford (former member of DNA). The company employs 230 people in the area, and is an official UK distributor of Durex products. In 2009–10, Lovehoney had a turnover of £10.4 million and profits of £1.5 million In 2010–11, it had a turnover of £13.4 million, and in 2011–12, it had a turnover of £16 million. In 2020–21, the turnover was £87.3 million. History Lovehoney launched its online store in 2002, operating from Richard Longhurst' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lovense
Lovense is a Singapore-based Sex technology, sex tech company specializing in the development of remotely controlled sex toys and pleasure products, as well as accompanying software.via Lovense History Lovense was founded by Dan Liu in 2010. The company was inspired by teledildonics and long-distance relationships. In 2013, the first app-based sex toys, Max (male masturbator) and Nora (rabbit vibrator), were launched. In 2014, it integrated app controlling. In 2016, Lush vibrator was launched with the help of S$100,000 raised on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, IndieGogo, and an oscillating G-spot massager. In the same year, it also partnered up with VirtualRealPorn. In 2017, Lovense released 5 more devices, Hush, Ambi, Domi, Edge, and Osci. In 2018, it introduced a USB Bluetooth adapter to allow its devices to connect to Windows computers. In 2019, the company upgraded three of its previous devices and relaunched them as Lush 2, Max 2, and Osci 2. In 2020, it launched Dom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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OhMiBod
OhMiBod is an American company that manufactures sex toys, based in New Hampshire, United States. Overview Its name has been used as a collective reference to a range of remote controlled vibrator (sex toy), vibrating sex toys. The device originally translated an electronic music output into vibrations, with the volume and beat of the music determining the strength of the vibrations. Co-creator Suki Vatter previously worked for Apple's product marketing department and the product was first targeted to iPod users. Vatter, who created the product with her husband Brian, said that the vibrator is designed to be "socially acceptable". One journalist commented that the packaging looked like "something that might have come straight from the iPod factory". The website for the product also included the series "ClubVibe" which allows users to anonymously share playlists and experiences. The product was made compatible with the iPhone in January 2008 and now responds to ringtones and vo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MysteryVibe
MV.Health is a British-American Uro-Gyn Medtech firm that focuses on sexual health devices. In 2023, their laboratory was featured in The Guardian and Popular Science. MV.Health is registered in the US Government central contractor registry (CCR) and listed in the US Department of Veterans Affairsbr>Integrated Funds Distribution Control Point Activity Accounting & Procurement (IFCAP)database. According to New York Post, MV.Health's "entire lineup of six devices is fully reimbursed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs." According to Femtech Insider, they are the "first brand to offer FSA & HSA eligible vibrators". They beat Apple Watch at the 2018 Design Week Awards. History MV.Health was founded by a group of researchers, engineers and designers from Nokia, Philips, IBM and Deloitte. Inspired by trends in smartphones like Nokia Morph, the founders came up with the idea of creating 'platform' vibrators that would adapt to any body shape and vibrate to any pattern. T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sex Technology
Sex technology, also called sex-tech or sextech, is technology and technology-driven ventures that are designed to enhance, innovate, or otherwise change human sexuality and/or the human sexual experience. Use of the term was propagated online by Cindy Gallop from Make Love Not Porn, MLNP and is associated with an advancement of the Digital Revolution from 2010 and its impact on society and culture. It is often used in conjunction or interchangeably with the term 'teledildonics' referring to the remote connection between Bluetooth enabled sex toys that use haptic feedback to reciprocate or mimic human, sexual interaction. However, teledildonics is far more representative of Bluetooth-enabled sex toys and captures the technological capacities of its time whereas sex-technology is rooted in more modern discourse. As such, the word sex-tech is an umbrella term used to describe multiple technologies spanning from VR porn, health and sexual wellness platform or app-based technology, Blu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Smartphone
A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multimedia playback and Streaming media, streaming. Smartphones have built-in cameras, GPS navigation, and support for various communication methods, including voice calls, text messaging, and internet-based messaging apps. Smartphones are distinguished from older-design feature phones by their more advanced hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, access to the internet, business applications, Mobile payment, mobile payments, and multimedia functionality, including music, video, mobile gaming, gaming, Internet radio, radio, and Mobile television, television. Smartphones typically feature MOSFET, metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) chips, various sensors, and support for multiple wireless communicati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is limited to 2.5 milliwatts, giving it a very short range of up to . It employs Ultra high frequency, UHF radio waves in the ISM bands, from 2.402GHz to 2.48GHz. It is mainly used as an alternative to wired connections to exchange files between nearby portable devices and connect cell phones and music players with wireless headphones, wireless speakers, HIFI systems, car audio and wireless transmission between TVs and soundbars. Bluetooth is managed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), which has more than 35,000 member companies in the areas of telecommunication, computing, networking, and consumer electronics. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE standardized Bluetooth as IEEE 802.15.1 but no longer maintains ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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LELO , a Georgian political party
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LELO is a Swedish company that designs and sells upmarket sex toys. Lelo may also refer to: * ''Lelo'' (newspaper), a Georgian language sports newspaper * Lelo, a style of Georgian wine * Lelo, a try in the game of rugby union * Lelo burti, literally "field ball", a Georgian sport similar to rugby union * Lelo Saracens, a Georgian rugby union club * Lelo for Georgia Lelo burti, Lelo for Georgia ( ka, ლელო საქართველოსთვის, tr, ) is a Liberalism, liberal political party in Georgia (country), Georgia. It was established in 2019 by two businessmen Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |