Color-Coded Condoms Set To Fight STI's; Smart Condom To be Presented To The Queen In Britain?

Three teenagers in London have reportedly developed a smart condom that can potentially help people avoid Sexually Transmitted Infection or STI.

In a report on The Washington Post, teenagers Daanyaal Ali, Muaz Nawaz and Chirag Shah who were aged 14, 13 and 14 from the Isaac Newton Academy In Illford, conceptualized the smart condom they call S.T. EYE.

"We knew that STIs were a huge problem in the UK," Daanyaal explained to The Washington Post.

"We saw a gap in the market and we wanted to help people feel safer," he added

In an interview with The Independent, Daanyaal added that they "created the S.T. EYE as a new way for STI detection to help the future of the next generation."

"We wanted to make something that make detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before, so that people can take immediate action in the privacy of their own homes without the invasive procedures at the doctors," he further explained.

The concept won the teenagers top honors and $1,500 at the TechTeen Awards on Tuesday. They also got a trip to the Buckingham Palace and a chance to meet with Prince Andrew.

There is no word though, according to The Washington Post, if the said smart condom will be presented to Queen Elizabeth herself.

According to a report on Mail Online,  the S.T. EYE smart condom has a layer that has molecules that "attach to the bacteria and viruses associated with the most common sexually transmitted infections."

When the layer detects a certain STI, it changes to green for chlamydia, yellow for herpes, blue for syphilis and purple for traces of the human papillomavirus that can cause genital warts.

These smart condoms though are not yet available in the market, as reported by AOL. They are just concepts at the moment.

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