By Shan Chien
Can you imagine that the function of condoms is not only preventing from venereal disease (called V. D., diseases transmittable through acts of sex), but also detecting the V. D.? A group of teenage boys from the UK propose the concept of color-changing condoms that can detect the sexually transmitted infection (also known as STI.).
It’s always embarrassing for people to go to doctors for examining whether they have V.D. And it’s why Daanyaal Ali, Chirag Shah, and Muaz Nawaz these three boys come up with the idea of STI-sensing color condoms, nicknamed S.T.Eye by the same three. The idea and the product thereof won them the TeenTech Awards, awards that encourage teenagers to delve into science, engineering and technology.
When the S.T.Eye condom has contact with a V.D.-infect body, the condom would glow in one of the four different colors. Each color corresponds to a particular kind of V.D.: green for chlamydia, yellow for herpes, purple for human papillomavirus (HPV), and blue for syphilis. If the condom has no color-changing, it means there is nothing being detected.
This novel invention must be convenient for some people. However, it is now still at the conceptual stage because it still takes time to make these glowing condoms come true, which needs to go through lots of tests to make sure the additive that makes the condom glow would do no harm to the human body.
Some people believe when people are sexually aroused, they may easily ignore the glowing condom. Still, with the convenient Internet, the idea of glowing condoms finds its way to Asia. However, parents in Asia seem worried ,confused, and wondering why these 13-year-old boys know how to use a condom. Asian parents think it is too precocious. Is it really too early for a teenager to know about sex or to receive sex education?
Last but not least, though the color-changing condoms could sense the VD, it can only suggests that you may have the potential of having V.D. To know more specific and accurate result, people still need to have a comprehensive examination in the hospital. Better safe than sorry!
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