Dispensary Corner 08 Mar 17
March 8, 2017
There’s even an app for that - technology appears to have
gone to a fairly ridiculous
extreme, in the form of a new
‘smart condom’ which tracks,
among other things, the calories
burned during a sexual encounter.
The “i.Con” from British
Condoms is actually a ring that
goes over a normal condom and
interfaces via Bluetooth to
download statistics such as the
speed and total number of
thrusts, frequency and total
duration of love-making sessions,
plus average skin temperature.
The company says the details
gathered are kept anonymous,
“but users will
have the option
to share their
recent data
with friends,
or indeed the
world”.
There’s no
firm release
date for the
product, but British Condoms is
taking pre-orders with the aim of
a general public launch this year.
Also in Britain, a man with no
legs has successfully appealed
after having had his government
disability benefits cut “because he
could climb stairs with his arms”.
Julius Holgate from Hackney in
North London lost the payments
after an Employment and Support
Allowance which found he was fit
to work because of his ability to
drag himself up stairs.
The local Community Law
Centre intervened on his behalf,
with the UK Department for
Work and Pensions eventually
apologising, saying the decision
was due to a “clerical error”.
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