“Imagine if we could make a condom that you couldn’t wait to put on,” Dr. Robert Gorkin (pictured) tells PSFK.com. “Or what if you could make a condom that actually improves sex — how fantastic would that be!?”
Gorkin and a team of researchers at the University of Wollongong are currently working to develop a new type of pleasure-enhancing condom that he claims could revolutionize sexual health the whole world over.
“Lack of sensation is a well documented attribute that condoms have been associated with them and one we are trying to overcome,” says Gorkin. “I have not met anyone that says, ‘oh yeah condoms feel perfect!'”
He hopes to change all that.
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Gorkin received a $100,000 grant last summer from none other than Bill Gates to jumpstart his research. The new wonder condoms are made out of hydrogels, the same things used to make contact lenses, and will be self-lubricating, biodegradable, and “skin-like.”
He and his team are now testing to see how the new material compares with traditional latex condoms, mainly whether they offer the same protections and level of safety.
But it doesn’t stop there. Gorkin says he also wants to find ways the wonder condoms absolutely irresistible. His solution? Pleasuring-enhancing pharmaceuticals built into the material that would have magical effects on the penis.
“We can potentially load certain molecules into the condom itself,” says Gorkin, but did not elaborate further.
No word yet on when the wonder condoms may become available.
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Bauhaus
Finally! It’s about damn time we have a modern condom.
Billy Budd
I want it.
Realitycheck
Interesting, lets see if the final product can actually deliver…….
doug105
It’s been a long time doctor, can you give me a live demonstration?
polarisfashion
Wouldn’t it be awesome if it feels better and provides more sensation than actually not wearing one. It would make being alone more fun! Maybe they can make one that changes flavors while in use?
Adrian Michael Ornelas
can he give a demonstration??
Kirk Montrealer
I love the feeling of a condom on my dick- Huge fan of rubbers <3 <3
redcarpet30
Pleasure enhancing chemicals? Color me skeptical.
UltimateSin
Most likely very expensive.
SportGuy
This would be a very welcomed step in condoms, though I don’t have a problem at all with the ones now, but this can only make it better!
tampaed
I Volunteer to be his test subject.
judysdad
Why do so many gay men (and gay media) insist on calling handsome and mature ” cute”? Seriously, it reminds me of a bunch of giggly middle-school girls.
Sidney Davies
I would let him (;
Billy Budd
I hope he receives more grants to finish the studies. $100,000 from Bill is not enough.
Anthony Fogg
Yup lets just put a bunch of pharmaceuticals on our penis wether it enhances pleasure or not do yall really think that this wont cause us problems in the future. Condoms are great for population control and controlling the spread of stds but with them talking about putting druggs in the condoms sounds like theyd be more harmful than useful
Colin McCoy
I’ll gladly test them with him when they go to trial.
Zekester
I don’t see how he can make a condom feel as good or better than sex without a condom unless he finds a way connect a man’s pleasure nerve endings to the outside of the condom.
DavidIntl
Sign me up. If true, this would be a game-changer for me. Having been spoiled by starting my adventures in gay life with a long-term committed partner in a relationship started when we were both virgins – and so no condoms ever necessary – I really can’t bring myself to use condoms now. There just is no point to second-rate sex (and sorry, I know that that is a very politically-incorrect thought but it is my reality). So, I am left choosing anal abstinence except on those occasions when I am in a relationship in which we are both comfortable barebacking.
Robert Young
Sure, tell him I’m available from 7 till about 10. I’ll wait for his call.
Clark35
@Anthony Fogg: Indeed.