These tike are n’t just all right , they ’re brilliant . A grouping of schoolchildren have cook up a condom that vary colour when it issue forth in liaison with a sexually transmitted disease ( Cupid’s disease ) . good to say , this is n’t the radiance many of us are anticipating between the sheets .
The condom , called S.T.EYE , won the health family at theTeenTech Awardsin London , which is an yearly competition that aims to inspire 11- to 16 - year - old to realize “ their on-key potential drop and the real opportunities uncommitted in the present-day STEM work . ”
S.T.EYE would theoretically have mote in the rubber that would beam when it comes into contact with unlike pathogens . The prophylactic would glow immature for chlamydia , yellow for herpes , purple for human papillomavirus ( HPV ) and blue for syphilis . The conversation that would follow would certainly have the culprit blushing bright bolshie .
TheCenters for Disease Control and Preventionestimates that there are nearly 20 million young case of Cupid’s disease every year in the U.S. and many cases are undiagnosed and unreported . Musaz Nawaz , Daanyaal Ali and Chirag Shah from London ’s Isaac Newton Academy wanted to harness these mellow rates of STDs .
“ We created the S.T.EYE as a new way for STI catching to help the time to come of the next contemporaries , ” Ali told theDaily Mail . “ We want to make something that made notice harmful STIs safe than ever before , so that people can take immediate action in the privacy of their own homes without the often - shuddery procedures at the doctors . ”
“ We ’ve made indisputable we ’re able-bodied to give peace of mind to users and make certain mass can be even more responsible than ever before , ” he added .
The squad have been give £ 1,000 ( $ 1,500 ) for S.T.EYE and will be presented with their award at Buckingham Palace later in the year . The invention , though an interesting conception , is only an musical theme and a prototype is yet to be made . Daily Dot ’s EJ Dicksonnotes there are some important hurdles that have to be overcome : who ’s STDs – the cooperator or the wearer – will the safety detect ? Will it find both ? Can it detect multiple STDs ?
In the meanwhile , it ’s in your best pursuit to outride secure and get regularly try .