What Is A Smart Condom? Contraceptive Gadget Will Measure Lovemaking Skills

Have you ever wondered how many calories are burned during sexual intercourse or about the frequency and duration of your sessions? Well, now you can find the answers to these questions, and also would not have to wait till the end of the intercourse to assess your performance.

A new smart condom would be able to give you all this information, and more. The company British Condoms has come up with a high-tech smart condom, which would detect sexually transmitted infections, assess your performance and even calculate the calories burned during sex, apart from recording other details of lovemaking skills.

The company released the condom’s first photos Tuesday. The i.Con Smart Condom, which is going to cost $80 each, doesn’t actually look like a condom, but resembles a small band or a bracelet that logs data during sex and sends it to the user’s smartphone. This band-like structure fits around the bottom of a man’s penis, but the user will need to wear a normal condom for complete protection.

The lead engineer of the i.Con Smart Condom, Adam Leverson, while releasing the photos of the condom, said to the Metro U.K., “It’s here and it’s beautiful. We wanted the i.Con to look refined, non-intrusive and lightweight – the finished article is nothing short of any of those things. There’s a lot of tech packed into the i.Con and for us to be able to deliver it in such a way that there is absolutely no hindrance to the user was our main goal – and I think we have gone above and beyond with the i.Con to make sure of this.”

He added, “I’m just so happy that we can now share the i.Con with the world!”

The smart condom is a reusable, lightweight and water resistant device, which with the help of a nano-chip and in-built Bluetooth will provide a range of statistics like duration, speed, and girth measurements that would help improve the wearer’s sex life, according to the British Condoms website.

The i.Con condom has an integrated micro USB port that can be simply plugged in to the computer and charged in approximately 1 hour. Once charged, it lasts for about six to eight hours.

“All data will be kept anonymous but users will have the option to share their recent data with friends, or, indeed, the world. A person will be able to anonymously access stats to compare with other i.Con users worldwide,” the British Condoms website added.

John Simmons, a spokesperson for British Condoms, said, “We’re extremely excited to share with the world the first glimpse of the i.Con Smart Condom Ring due to go on sale in the U.K. in January 2018. ... It’s 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 STI’s present as well as prevent condom slippage, a leading cause of unplanned pregnancy in the U.K.,” according to the Metro U.K.

The condom company claimed nearly 900,000 people have already showed interest in the gadget and have pre-ordered the condom, reported the Daily Mail.