It ’s not a particularly fun question , but asking a sexual partner whether they have any STIs is a necessary part of remain healthy . But what if a safe could tell you everything you needed to get it on about your partner ’s sexual history ?
For this year’sTeenTech Awards — a U.K - wide skill bazaar design to advance and challenge kids long time 11 to 18 to invent new and innovative technology — Musaz Nawaz ( 13 ) , Daanyaal Ali ( 14 ) , and Chirag Shah ( 14 ) from the Isaac Newton Academy in London get ahead the top trophy in the Future of Health category for their STI - detecting safety . Still in its concept form , the S.T.EYE condom would get down up with different people of color depending on whether the wearer has an STI .
The engineering is free-base on theHIV ELISA test , which determines the amount of HIV antibodies in a blood or semen sample distribution through a response triggered by the antigens present in the petri dish antenna . The reaction make a color change that varies in saturation depending on the amount of HIV antibodies present in the sample .
In an interview withMTV News , Ali explicate , “ With our concept , you would have to have the antibodies already attached to the latex of the condom , so once you add the fluid onto the latex paint , it would then trigger the chemical reaction and stimulate a colour change similar to the HIV test . ”
They anticipate that the color change would take about 30 indorsement to a minute , and the colour that appears would correspond to the STI nowadays . Green would indicate the presence of chlamydia ; yellowish , herpes virus ; purple , venereal wart ; and blue , syphilis .
The team ’s need was to “ make something that made detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before , so that people can take immediate natural action in the privacy of their own dwelling without the often - scary procedures at the doc . We ’ve made sure we ’re able to give repose of thinker to users and let people act even more responsibly than ever before,”said Ali .
The team already been border on by a condom producer and has received quite a bite of bombination from the press . Along with the attention , the three teens pull ahead £ 1,000 — about $ 1574 — and a slip to Buckingham Palace to have their award from HGH Duke of York KG .
[ h / tMTV News ]
