Sex and Tech in Sin City

ByABC News
January 10, 2007, 10:30 PM

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 11, 2007 — -- The worlds of technology and pornography are coming together in Las Vegas, as the Adult Entertainment Expo comes to Sin City and gives the Consumer Electronics Show a gentle -- yet sexy -- nudge to the side.

This week, the Sands Expo Center is home to not only both the latest high-tech gadgets and consumer electronics on display at one of CES' many convention halls and ballrooms, but also to the roughly $12.5 billion adult entertainment industry as well.

Certainly not for the bashful, the Adult Entertainment Expo is a massive and professional trade show that features strippers and adult videos playing on giant screens around every corner -- and that's just the stuff we can tell you about.

The show is primarily a trade event, but fans also get a chance to get face to face with their favorite adult stars.

Lines wrap around the extravagant booths as industry professionals wait for a chance to get an autograph.

"I wouldn't say I'm a 'fan,' but because of work I do see a lot of these movies," said K.C., a retail manager for an adult store outside of Sacramento, Calif., after getting an autograph from the Love Twins, Linda and Lacy.

Perhaps more interesting is how many CES attendees quietly made their way over to AEE, almost sneaking from convention halls filled with productivity software and digital cameras to the pulsing music and abundant skin of the hall next door.

Whispers of adult entertainment parties are muttered by CES attendees with nervous excitement. What happens in Vegas, stays in. Well, you know.

Despite their obvious curiosity, most dodged cameras and members of the media, preferring to preserve their anonymity and blend in with the thousands in attendance and not be identified as the vice president or a public relations rep for some technology company.

But the technology and the sex industries share a bit of a dysfunctional relationship when you consider how much the two cross over.