Design a Better Condom"
(Hey Bill...did I win???)
Posted on 03/25/2013 10:31:18 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Bill Gates is on a mission to make safe sex better. Gates' foundation is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who can come up with a plan for making a more pleasurable condom that more men will actually want to use, NBC News reports. Condoms are cheap and effective, the foundation said in a statement, but they also decrease pleasure for men. "Is it possible to develop a product without this stigma, or better, one that is felt to enhance pleasure?" it asks.
To snag the cash, applicants will have to come up with a proposal for a "Next Generation Condom," or technologies that might help in such a thing. From there, they'll have to show a clear testable hypothesis and data to move on to potential Phase II funding—which could net them as much as $1 million. The hope is that more widely used condoms could reduce the spread of AIDS in places like Africa; the new designs must be inexpensive enough to work in "a developing world setting."
I play racquetball with a urologist and I asked him this very question. He told me that it had more to do with circumcision. He said circumcision is like a vaccine against aids. He went to Africa and set up a circumcision clinic as part of his internship.
Just passing this along. I have no medical background, and I believe as you do – it does not seem to be a heterosexual issue.
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LOL!!!!
Have several great ideas, all of which will get me banned....
Still, no needle DK nerd needs to worry about sumpin he ain’t gonna much of..... Without paying for it...
Some from doing unnatural things with monkeys.
??? Do you know many billionaires personally?
I like the old punchline: “A fistful of rubber bands and a pencil.”
Geez
Must it need to work through a whole session without requiring a reboot?
If it fails does it need to turn blue?
How will new models need to be introduced?
Will 640 ml be large enough for anybody?
Billions in research trying to design a condom to replicate a feeling that can be had by simply choosing your woman more wisely ... and then going without. Brilliant.
SnakeDoc
Good put one on your head two on your ears and a box in your mouth
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