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New "Smart Condom" Changes Color When Hit By STD by shamecurls(m): 6:16pm On Jun 24, 2015
[size=22pt]New "Smart Condom" Changes Color When Hit By STD: Yellow For Herpes, Blue For Syphilis...[/size]





[size=18pt]A Few Teens Created A Color-Coded Condom That Tests For STDs

Condoms have long come in a wide variety of colors, but recently a group of teenagers in the U.K. developed an idea for a new spin on the traditional prophylactic that may forever change the way you wrap it up.

Students Musaz Nawaz, Daanyaal Ali and Chirag Shah from London’s Isaac Newton Academy won the top prize in the Health Category of the TeenTech Awards — a contest that challenges scientifically-minded students to devise “technology that will make life better, simpler, or easier” — for envisioning the S.T.EYE. It’s a condom that would change color if the person using it has an STI, so both partners could be aware of it.

A TechTeen spokesperson stressed to MTV News that “their idea is very much a concept and is not a finalised design,” but added that other winners’ ideas have been patented and are expected to go to market. (Other winning ideas from this year include everything from “an airship to transport aid to areas of natural disasters” to “shoes designed to harness energy generated by walking to charge devices on-the-go.”) Improving lives through technology is exactly what these students had in mind. “We created the S.T.EYE as a new way for STI detection to help the future of the next generation,” said 14-year-old Ali in a press release. “We wanted to make something that made detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before, so that people can take immediate action in the privacy of their own homes without the often-scary procedures at the doctors....[/size]

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Re: New "Smart Condom" Changes Color When Hit By STD by missbehave247(m): 6:23pm On Jun 24, 2015
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Re: New "Smart Condom" Changes Color When Hit By STD by dubylhover(m): 6:23pm On Jun 24, 2015
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