Latex comes into play when people are engaged in sexual intercourse.
April 21 - Students and researchers at the Isaac Newton Academy in London have created the ST EYE, a traffic light condom that can detect sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) upon use and changes color depending on the condition detected.
Latex comes into play at the moment a person is having sex. If a person has any of the four diseases that a condom can detect, the material will change color to alert the user of the condition.
According to Muaz Nawas, Daanyaal Ali and Chirag Shahson, creators of ST EYE, they pointed out that it is through a molecule implanted in the condom that it is able to perform its function when it comes into contact with a virus.
"We created ST EYE as a new way to detect sexually transmitted diseases and help future generations. We wanted to create something that would make people more confident and able to take immediate action," Ali told the media.
These are the diseases that condoms can detect: If the condom turns green, you have chlamydia. If the condom turns yellow, you have herpes. If the condom turns blue, you have syphilis.
If the condom turns purple, you have the human papillomavirus.
TV Azteca News (April 22, 2019). Health, education, and well-being. https://www.aztecanoticias.com.mx/crean-condones-que-cambian-de-color-al-detectar-enfermedades-de-transmision-sexual/3319922