BARCELONA – BaDoink has seen the future, and according to the virtual magazine, sex and technology will live happily ever after for a long, long time.
“We’re well into the 21st Century now,” said Editor-in-Chief John Lane. “It makes sense that we as a sexual and technological species are exploring how we can combine those elements of our nature — and make no mistake, technology is a part of our nature — in ways that both display our ingenuity and, of course, are fun to play with. 2015 will be the year it kicks off in the mainstream. The SexTech revolution starts here.”
BaDoink sees as its mission “driving the SexTech discussion in 2015 and beyond, leading the charge to a more open, sex positive dialogue in the mainstream as the voice of the new SexTech generation.”
That’s a tall order, but the e-zine made a big splash for its goals in January, when Chief Executive Officer Todd Glider told Tech Cocktail “2015 will be remembered as the year SexTech broke through. It will inspire investment, debate, even controversy. We will see a tug-of-war between innovators, politicians, special interests and tech giants, all vying for their share of the news cycle.”
To share what it knows about the future — with help from adult industry leaders — BaDoink will host the inaugural edition of a planned series of SexTech roundtables during The European Summit, set to take place March 7-10 in Sitges, Spain. “The Future of SexTech” will begin at 1:30 p.m. CET on March 9. Lane will moderate the panel.
The roundtable is only one of several online and real-world channels BaDoink plans to engage to fuel the debate about sex and technology, Lane said. In February, the e-zine launched the #SexTechTalk Twitter chat, a bi-monthly discussion on the convergence of sex and tech. The chat features guest moderators as well as BaDoink writers and takes place at 3 p.m. EST Wednesdays.
