"This industry, historically, has been one in which people felt embarrassed or ashamed by these products where it felt dirty or wrong. Rodriguez believes that having a sex toy that can be worn in public can be an important statement about women having more bodily autonomy at a time when their rights are being threatened under the current government in the US. "We had one amazing lesbian couple who proposed using Palma, which is definitely been my favourite use case so far."
The ring factor also makes it an interesting twist on the tradition of men gifting women rings as part of a courting ritual. "It took us five different motors prototypes, going back and forth until we finally found one that we felt was strong and powerful enough."
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"It took a full year of just going back to the drawing board because every time we would design it, it was just too big to be worn as a ring," said Rodriguez It recharges via a magnetic USB charging dock in the ring case that the toy comes in, and it is fully waterproof.ĭeveloping all the technology in the Palma and making it small enough to be wearable was a challenge, which is why it took years to develop. The Palma also has setting that allows you to tap the top of the ring to record a pattern of vibrations for it to repeat. Related story Sextech startups abandon the "intimidating" penis-shaped vibratorīuttons under the vibrating element allow the user to select one of five modes of vibration. To create a vibrating element that increases the intensity as it tilts, the design team used an accelerometer similar to the kind you'd find in an iPhone to aid with screen orientation. And that doesn't happen usually during regular penetrative sex," said Rodriguez.
"70 per cent of women need clitoral stimulation in order to orgasm. "We had people who really understood the barriers to incorporating these products into people's lives."Ī vibrator that fits on a finger can easily be positioned over the clitoris without interrupting sex. "We saw a lot of startups that had predominantly male teams designing features for the sake of features," she said. Having an all-women team at Unbound Babes is an advantage in the sex toy development arena, Rodriguez believes. "People wanted more intuitive design was haptic so that it would react with your body." You have to you roll over and get your phone in the middle of a moment," she added. "But the overwhelming feedback from women was it creates a barrier to using it, especially with a partner.
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