High school students invented condoms that change color when detecting disease

A group of high school students in the UK won the TeenTech award for a condom color change initiative to detect sexually transmitted diseases.

Condoms change color when detecting disease

A group of UK high school students have successfully created a type of condom that when users have sexually transmitted diseases , it will emit different colors depending on the type of disease.

This type of condom was named " STEYE" by young inventors . Some special molecules will be mixed with condom making material. These molecules, when exposed to pathogens, are bacteria or viruses that emit light with different colors, depending on the type of disease.

"We want to make a product to detect sexually transmitted diseases quickly and effectively. Someone who wants to test can use it at home without going to the doctor. "Daanyaal Ali, 14, one of the inventors told the press.

The students said that " STEYE" could glow green if the patient had chlamydia, yellow with herpes, purple with papillomavrius and blue with syphilis.

The condom will change color if the user has sexually transmitted disease - (illustrated image.)

The group consisted of 3 members Daanyaal Ali and 14-year-old Chirag Shah, 13-year-old Muaz Nawaz. They won the TeenTech award in the category of best health care initiatives. " We created STEYE as a new way to detect sexually transmitted diseases. People will be more assured and responsible when using them," Ali said confidently.

The team will be awarded at Buckingham Palace later this year, the prize money is £ 1,000. In TeenTech's other categories, works on electronic faucets help save water in developing countries and shoes that allow charging when the campaign is won.

"The TeenTech Award is designed to encourage students to take their creative ideas out of the school chair to technology professionals. Through them students will develop their creativity to solve solve human problems, and see the ability to realize their ideas. " , according to Maggie Phibin, founder of the award.