Sex just is about to get even safer thanks to a group of middle school students in the U.K.
Daanyaal Ali, 14, and Chirag Shah, 13, of Isaac Newton Academy in Essex have invented a concept for a condom that detects potential STDs.
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The condom is called the “S.T.EYE.” Though it is still in the concept stages, the idea is that it will change color whenever it comes into contact with an STI, with different colors representing different infections. The condom turns green to indicate chlamydia, yellow to signify herpes, purple in the presence of HPV, and blue for syphilis.
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“We wanted to make something that makes detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before,”Ali told The Independent, “so that people can take immediate action in the privacy of their own homes without the invasive procedures at the doctors.”
As a result of their work, the kids were just awarded the TeenTech award for innovation, for which they received £1,000 and a trip to Buckinham Palace.
What we wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall as Queen Elizabeth greets the three kids who invented the color-changing condom.
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h/t: PinkNewsUK
Kangol
Praise to these teenagers. This is a terrific creation. I hope these condoms, once perfected, are swiftly and widely distributed.
redcarpet30
If only they could figure out a way to get people to wear them.
ingyaom
What happens in the presence of HIV? Does it self-destruct?
DonW
“Though it is still in the concept stages…” Is this idea even remotely feasible? STI tests require a blood and/or urine samples and/or pharyngeal/urethral/rectal swabs; results take several days; and they are expensive. How on earth is that technology going to be made instantaneous and cheap enough to fit in a condom, and how do the requisite samples travel from elsewhere in the body to reach the sensor on someone’s c*ck?
Dreaming up a cool idea is not the same as “inventing” it. Otherwise, where do I pick up my £1,000 for “inventing” a Star Trek scanner that instantly diagnoses every human ailment?
Not to mention: is it really the wisest idea to become aware of an STI in the throes of passion with a partner? Couldn’t people “take immediate action in the privacy of their own homes” with a self-administered test that’s NOT designed to be a humiliating discovery during sex?
All that said: kudos to these kids’ teachers, who are obviously encouraging them to think and talk openly about sexual health.
John Smith
So this is one time you DON’T want to see “a rainbow of colors”, lol.
Billy Budd
I cannot see this as a viable invention. I don’t think we have the technology to create such a smart condom.
Benjamin Tarsa
Not sure “Invent” is the right term so much as “dream up the idea for”
Dennis C. McGrath
Conceived of the idea. Ain’t real now and maybe never
Sameer Nurani
Wont it be useless when you thingie is inside the other thingie??? Do u have to remove it every 5 minutes to check if the color changed? Thats waste of research money rite there!!
David Quirk
eww
Arcamenel
I’ll give them props for the idea but it doesn’t seem practical.
Clark35
@Billy Budd: agreed.
XL805
Nobody will buy them.
enfilmigult
So wait, does “concept stage” mean they haven’t worked out how to actually make such a thing but are just like “wouldn’t this be neat”? Great idea if so, but who knows if it’s even possible?
Ridpathos
@DonW: I was coming on here to post the same thing. They created the concept. Actually creating the real thing would be near impossible. That would involve a materials that interacts with STIs which are viruses, not molecules, by change their molecular structure in a specific way that allows them to reflect light differently.
Mandrake
This whole idea designed by two young teens stretches even the thinnest credulity. I think it’s a perpetrated Fraud.