{"id":259001,"date":"2017-11-29T11:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T16:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=259001"},"modified":"2021-02-13T13:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T18:46:46","slug":"worlds-first-smart-condom-might-measure-performance-but-wont-prevent-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/worlds-first-smart-condom-might-measure-performance-but-wont-prevent-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first \u2018smart condom\u2019 might measure performance, but won\u2019t prevent pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>The morning laugh\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A new \u2018smart condom\u2019 device promises to collect intimate data of the user\u2019s sex life in order to improve their overall performance, monitor sexually transmitted infections and count calories burned&#8230; but don&#8217;t expect it to prevent pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The i.Con Smart Condom Ring, described as \u201crevolutionary wearable tech for the bedroom\u201d also monitors the speed of the male user\u2019s thrusts, how long the encounter lasted, and the dimensions of their genitals, before sending the collected data to the user\u2019s smartphone. The device can then contrast and compare their stats against other men around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s here and it\u2019s beautiful. We wanted the i.Con to look refined, non-intrusive and lightweight \u2013 the finished article is nothing short of any of those things,\u201d said Adam Leverson, the project\u2019s lead engineer.<\/p>\n<p>The device is an illuminating, waterproof and \u201cextraordinarily flexible\u201d rubber band that \u201censures maximum comfort for all sizes\u201d. The gadget fits around the base of the penis but, unlike its more conventional counterpart, does not provide any protection against pregnancy or STIs, so users are still encouraged to wear a condom with the device.<\/p>\n<p>The British company says the ring is due to go on sale online in January 2018 for \u00a359.99. \u201cIt\u2019s truly the next step in wearable tech and we believe we have pioneered a product that will not only bring an extra element of fun into the bedroom, but will also help indicate potential STIs present as well as prevent condom slippage, a leading cause of unplanned pregnancy in the UK,\u201d said John Simmons, a spokesperson for British Condoms.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting, however, that as with any smart device, they are open to hacking. Smart sex toys in particular carry the threat of their personal and intimate data being misused.<\/p>\n<p>Security researchers in the US have warned that hackers could easily take control of smart sex toys from the street. Recently, a Canadian sex-toy manufacturer paid customers US$3 million for collecting data relating to their sexual habits without their consent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/411355-icon-smart-condom-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/411355-icon-smart-condom-ring\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: The morning laugh\u2026 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":297805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}