Students create condoms that change color when they detect STIs

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.

The latex reacts during sex. If the wearer has one of the four infections the condom can detect, the material changes color to alert them.

According to Muaz Nawas, Daanyaal Ali, and Chirag Shahson, the creators of S.T EYE, the condom works through a molecule embedded in it that reacts on 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 Noticias (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