A team of researchers has developed a hydrogel condom capable of delivering doses of Viagra and electrical stimulation to its user.
It may be the condom of the future. In Australia, researchers have developed a multifunctional condom, which would combine prevention and satisfaction. Because today, it must be said, users are sometimes forced to choose between one and the other. And too often, they choose the other.
Shape memory, cow tendons …
For science, however, this observation is not inevitable. The project of such a condom was born in the mind of Bill Gates, who at the beginning of 2013 had a dream. That of a world where all male partners enthusiastically don condoms. The foundation that bears his name and that of his wife then proposed to offer $ 100,000 to anyone who invented this utopian condom, combining comfort and safety.
Since then, projects have multiplied, competing for originality. Condom with applicator, for quick application; condom with shape memory, to fit all the curves, or in collagen fibrils from cow tendons, to imitate the skin … But this is another project that caught the attention of the businessman.
Viagra and electrical stimulation
Indeed, researchers from the University of Wollongong announced in November 2013 that they had developed a hydrogel-based condom. Biodegradable, ultra-fine, this material has many advantages and could eventually replace latex, believe the authors of the project, who now see further.
These scientists have indeed announced to the Science Alert website have succeeded in creating a prototype of a self-lubricating hydrogel condom capable of delivering small doses of Viagra to its user and providing electrical stimulation. The tests are only in their preliminary phase, but the product is for the moment sufficiently resistant to avoid the transmission of small biological molecules. Further testing will be necessary to determine if these condoms are truly erogenous.
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