A team of scientists in Wollongong want to change the way you have sex.
I’m sure that feels strange because when you think of sex you probably don’t think of Wollongong – unless you’re having sex there, or you or your partner are from this most coastal of coastal towns in Southern New South Wales.
However, this could be about to change forever, because if your preferred mode of sex involves anything that needs a condom, then the way you shag may improve thanks to some cluey science students at the University of Wollongong.
Can’t feel. Can science.
The New South Wales government just gave out nearly nine-million-dollars in grants to help local tech companies in the state.
One of those grants, a cheeky million bucks, was given to Eudeamon Technologies, who believe that they can create the condom of the future!
Which is weird because if Demolition Man taught us anything, it’s that Sylvester Stalone can knit, and fluid transfer sex will not exist in the future.
Future sex is weird
Hugely underrated nineties action films aside, the condoms of tomorrow are the brainchild of University of Wollongong biomedical engineer, Dr Robert Gorkin.
Before the grants were open for application, Dr Gorkin and his team had been experimenting with a skin-like substance known as hydrogel, which is currently used for products such as contact lenses and face masks.
Dr Gorkin claims will be “like wearing nothing at all.”
Like nothing at all!
Dr Gorkin told the Illawarra Mercury “There are one million new STIs diagnosed every day, eighty million unplanned pregnancies per year, [it’s] a sixy-billion-dollar global burden, and the biggest issue for condoms is feel.”
He explained that their new hydrogel condom is designed to overcome this issue of feel and that the hydrogel condom may even increase pleasure during sex.
Look, you really should see Demolition Man. It’s a tacky gem of a film.
Science is a cruel mistress, and introducing a new medical or therapeutic good into the market is a lengthy process.
However, Dr Gorkin says that the grant they’ve received should help them launch a human trial, and he hopes to have things underway as early as the end of this year.
So, watch this space. In no time at all, you could be thinking about Wollongong while you have the sex of tomorrow – today!
Good news, everyone!