A consortium of UK organizations has ponied up over $10 million in funding to research an inexpensive portable STD test that could give instant readings via your cell phone.
The test would consist of a disposable USB “dongle” that could plug into your phone or laptop. All you would have to do is urinate (yup, ya still gotta pee on things in this crazy future-world of ours) and insert it into your device for an instant reading of herpes, chlamydia, and gonorrhea.
No word if you’d be able to share the results on Twitter to let the world know you’re #GonorrheaFree.
The tests could be distributed through vending machines in bars and snog-a-licious nightclubs for less than $2. In theory, people would be more likely to privately self-test with this readily-available option, and then use this knowledge to help stop the spread of STDs. It may even eventually become standard club etiquette to ask an attractive stranger to urinate on your phone before boot-knocking can commence. Who says romance is dead? Not me, certainly.
In the future, not only will cell phones facilitate the sending of naked pictures, but will let you know if you should keep it at that.
via BGR
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