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Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Discovery Magazine reports that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $100,000 to Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) to develop a nanoparticle coating for condoms that will make them more comfortable and stronger while simultaneously keeping them thin to preserve – and increase – sensation in order to make them more appealing to use. According to the Gates Foundation, in the time that condoms have been in use, not much has changed: '[Condoms] have undergone very little technological improvement in the past 50 years. The primary improvement has been the use of latex as the primary material and quality-control measures, which allow for quality testing of each individual condom. Material science and our understanding of neurobiology has undergone revolutionary transformation in the last decade, yet that knowledge has not been applied to improve the product attributes of one of the most ubiquitous and potentially underutilized products on earth.' The nanotechnology that the Boston doctors intend to use for their improved condoms will be superhydrophillic nanoparticles that coat the condom and trap water to make them more resilient and easier to use. 'We believe that by altering the mechanical forces experienced by the condom, we may ultimately be able to make a thinner condom which reduces friction, thereby reducing discomfort associated with friction increases pleasure, thereby increasing condom use and decreases rates of unwanted pregnancy and infection transmission.'"
Now you know, ladies.
News for nerds.
Seems like a dick move to me.
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Thanks, try the veal.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
you'll need an outlet store with a computerised fitting system by the sounds of it. here, poke your member in this hole while we 3d scan it. oh, and watch this porn.
I agree, this will be fantastic. I'm sick of wearing these bandages on my hands all the time.
Strangers in the night, exchanging rubbers.
This ones much too tight, I need another.
This ones much too loose, I'm losing all my juice.
...not many men are going to feel comfortable going to the convenience store and checking out with a box of "size smalls."
You're right! Small condoms should be labeled "Tall", with larger sizes labeled "Grande", "Venti", and "Trenta".
I bet they could charge a lot more for condoms if they did that.
Which is perplexing because you're infertile...
You put it on your dongle to practice safe hex.
Condoms squeeze the guy, sometimes (depending on girth) causing complete loss of sensation (much like cutting off the blood from you foot or arm). This same squeezing also causes less, how shall I say it, 'back-and-forth' of the skin on the penis.
Citation please?
...with pictures please?
You're right! Small condoms should be labeled "Tall", with larger sizes labeled "Grande", "Venti", and "Trenta".
I bet they could charge a lot more for condoms if they did that.
Over price condoms with pretentious names for the sizes...we can call them Starf*cks.
Some of what I say is fact, some is conjecture, the rest I'm just blowing out my ass...you guess.
I didn't do very well in history class, but I'm pretty sure you're referring to The Battle Of The Bulge.
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Multiple sizes come in condoms! ....I'll get my coat....
Won't work. This falls into a category woman deal with all the time. In order to psychologically attract a buyer, many companies will sell tent size dresses that are only a size 6. No 2 company's size 6 will be the same either so it makes fitting a chore. A man with a small penis who's self conscious about it will not buy a 3", he'll want the 12" (even though it is actually a 3) and you'll find companies who will advertise "Our size 6's are bigger than all the competition!" And when I started typing this I intended to make it funny, but now that it's time for the punchline, I got nothing...much like my nonexistent penis.....sigh....
Pregnancy is prevented the old fashioned way, pull out and splooge.
The official medical term for people like you is "parents."
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