Better Than A Condom? Discreet Nanofabric Protects Against Pregnancy and HIV
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[quote]University of Washington researchers have developed a new contraceptive that for the first time offers women a discreet way to protect against both sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy. An electrically spun nanofabric, the technology is designed to dissolve in the body, releasing preventative drugs. The goal: to empower women to make their own reproductive choices safely and cheaply.
Existing contraceptives can safeguard women against both unwanted pregnancies and STDs, such as the female condom and nonoxynol-9. But the former method lacks discretion and the latter "in vivo is not safe for multipurpose prevention," researcher Kim Woodrow says in an email. "To date, no single product exists that women can use discreetly for simultaneous and effective prevention of STIs (including HIV) and contraception," she says.
The researchers used electrospinning, a method of creating fibers from liquid in an electric field. The fibers are easily manipulated to control material properties like solubility, strength and shape. After the dissolved polymers and antiretrovirals form fibers in the electric field, they stick to a collecting plate.
The researchers are then left with a stretchy fabric that functions in quite a few ways. It can be inserted directly in the body or act as a coating on vaginal rings or other contraceptive products. It blocks sperm and can release chemical contraceptives and antivirals. The scientists created fabrics that dissolve in minutes for immediate protection and others that dissolve over a few days for sustained delivery. Mixing fibers into one nanofabric could yield both results.
The team wants to focus its efforts in places where HIV is common and protection might not be as widely available, especially if sexual assault is common. As the researchers further develop their product, they could incorporate fibers that shield against many STIs and multiple anti-HIV drugs to discourage and protect against drug-resistant strains.
[img]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/fibers.jpg[/img]
In the top photo, fibers stick to a surface (top). Bottom right, they're removed from the surface but maintain the shape. Bottom right shows the fibers up close. [/quote]
Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-12/better-condom-new-contraceptive-protects-against-pregnancy-and-hiv[/url]
Looks like a condom to me.
An interesting advancement; I assume it would be applied in a similar fashion to a tampon?
Great! Gonna wait until this comes out before I have sex for the first time.
Conventional condoms are too risky. Can't take the chances.
:v:
[QUOTE=hl2poo;38705510]Great! Gonna wait until this comes out before I have sex for the first time.
Conventional condoms are too risky. Can't take the chances.
:v:[/QUOTE]
Well if you use them correctly, you have a 2% chance of unwanted pregnancy, and that's calculated over an entire year.
So she puts that white goo up her vagoo, I get to fuck her and when I pull it out lo and behold you get a dick-shaped candle full of goop.
10/10 better than pulling out
[QUOTE=hl2poo;38705510]Great! Gonna wait until this comes out before I have sex for the first time.
Conventional condoms are too risky. Can't take the chances.
:v:[/QUOTE]
Condom + pill, you'd have to be really, REALLY unlucky to have both fail.
I totally want to have sex without a condom but would never risk it, I'm too paranoid. It's always been me with condoms and "her" (whoever) with birth control, just the safest way to do it. That's like 95% effectiveness plus another 95% effectiveness, so basically the minimal amount of risk possible.
Vagina
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;38705803]Condom + pill, you'd have to be really, REALLY unlucky to have both fail.[/QUOTE]
Kid I knew in high school beat that odds. He boasted about it all the time. His father worked as a security guard in the school and confirmed it, much to his annoyance.
so it's gonna be applied as coatings on various products, but also sold as nether-listerine tabs?
[quote]The scientists created fabrics that dissolve in minutes for immediate protection and others that dissolve over a few days for [B]sustained delivery[/B].[/quote]
Sustained delivery = major vaginal pounding.
But does it have carbon nanotubes?
Shit, don't want fibers in my dick..
[QUOTE=ThePunisher1;38706588]Sustained delivery = major vaginal pounding.[/QUOTE]
give her the science
[editline]4th December 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=SCopE5000;38707093]Shit, don't want fibers in my dick..[/QUOTE]
they dissolve into the medicinal chemicals they were made from
I don't want medicinal chemicals in my dick.
[QUOTE=lapsus_;38705678]So she puts that white goo up her vagoo, I get to fuck her and when I pull it out lo and behold you get a dick-shaped candle full of goop.
10/10 better than pulling out[/QUOTE]
and the best part is that it's an instant holiday present for cheap!
everybody loves scented holiday candles!
[QUOTE=RosettaStoned;38708230]I don't want medicinal chemicals in my dick.[/QUOTE]
I do.
Guise you don't need a condom, just self restraint and pull out and blurgblurgablurga.
Thanks to Facepunch's formatting I expected this to be an informative article on the state of the housing market
[img]http://puu.sh/1xhNz[/img]
needless to say I'm dissapointed
Damn I never thought I'd be able to augment my dick with nanofibres before any other part of the body.
So this is basically female condom 2.0.
Great.
But does it feel reel yo? Or does it feel like fucking a robot?
With this talk of fibers and what-not, I can only imagine that it would feel like fucking one of those scratchy sweaters that you get for Christmas.
This seems pointless to me, condoms are terrible because they ruin the feeling, I don't want to swap out latex for another synthetic layer of shit.
Pulling out is a reliable method of preventing pregnancy (assuming you can control yourself of course), especially if your girlfriend is on the pill too.
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;38710145]This seems pointless to me, condoms are terrible because they ruin the feeling, I don't want to swap out latex for another synthetic layer of shit.
Pulling out is a reliable method of preventing pregnancy (assuming you can control yourself of course), especially if your girlfriend is on the pill too.[/QUOTE]
Commence laughing at this guy when he fails to pull out or the bitch goes full crazy and wraps her legs around him to make a baby. Oh wait, guy's it's ok, I lied, sex doesn't make baby, storks do.
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;38710145]This seems pointless to me, condoms are terrible because they ruin the feeling, I don't want to swap out latex for another synthetic layer of shit.
Pulling out is a reliable method of preventing pregnancy (assuming you can control yourself of course), especially if your girlfriend is on the pill too.[/QUOTE]
Haha good luck with, that's what a lot of teen parents said well...before they were a teen parents. You can't control your nutting, sometimes that stuff comes out like a ghost.
MAXIMUM CONTRACEPTION
Contraceptive cotton candy.
Anyway, If that is going to be a thing, goodbye days of coitus interruptus and pulling out when about to finish.
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