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It is thanks to a special, durable coating that should last throughout intercourse, says the team, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
They hope it will make condoms more appealing to use and thereby prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as well as unwanted pregnancies.
Without enough lubrication, sex can be painful and condoms may split or slip.
When used correctly, condoms are a highly effective contraceptive, but not everyone likes them.
They are often already lubricated to make them easier to use, but sometimes this might not be enough for comfort.
People can add lubricant, but this can be messy and may need several applications, interrupting sex.
Researchers say the self-lubricating condom, which becomes really slippery once it comes into contact with body fluid, should get round this.
It could withstand intercourse involving at least 1,000 thrusts without losing its slipperiness, the Royal Society Open Science journal reports.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45861476
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Subsentient on Saturday October 20 2018, @05:23AM (8 children)
Cure all STDs.
I dream of a world where a 107 year old man covered in liver spots can enjoy getting his ass pumped full of cum by 30 skinny, toothless, homeless black guys, without worrying about his immune system shutting down or getting a 7 year itch.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 4, Insightful) by stretch611 on Saturday October 20 2018, @05:46AM
Hopefully one day, your dreams will come true.
BUT... if you are 107 years old now, i doubt you will live to see the curing all STD's part of it.
On the brighter side of things, if you have enough money, I am sure you can fulfill the 2nd part of your dream.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @05:49AM (1 child)
Or better yet, the world of Altered Carbon where if you're rich enough, you can just clone yourself a new "sleeve". And you can fuck whores until they die.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @10:23AM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @08:25AM (2 children)
I find your ideas exhilarating and would like to subscribe to your news letter.
Now excuse me I have to go find my sick bag.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @10:29AM (1 child)
Most sick bags make for a terrible condom
(Score: 2) by Subsentient on Saturday October 20 2018, @08:26PM
Especially once used.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 4, Funny) by hemocyanin on Saturday October 20 2018, @03:18PM
Statistically speaking, if you are 107, it's a fine time to get an STD and/or try meth, coke, and heroin. You probably won't live long enough for the negative effects to really kick in anyway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @04:48PM
You will never cure all STDs, they exist for a reason, and more will just evolve if current ones disappear.
I'm sure Bill is thinking he is doing good here, and attoning for lifetime of scumbaggery, but far from truth. In the next 50 years I predict a billion Africans will die of starvation and disease. Magical condom won't save them.