New tech lets you pee on your phone to check for an STD

By on Nov 9, 2010 at 8:00 AM
mobile November 9, 2010

As much fun as it is to head to your doctor’s office or a clinic to get tested for an STD, it looks like there might be a slightly more private and comfortable option on the horizon. A group of organizations in the UK have combined to produce over $10 million in funding for research related to inexpensive portable STD test. The test consists of a single-use USB dongle-sized component containing a microchip. Once urinated upon, the device connects to a mobile phone or laptop and tests for herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhea with instant results. The tests would be distributed through vending machines in UK nightclubs, among other places, and would cost less than $2 each. It is almost a given that more private testing options will lead to more frequent testing and, hopefully, to safer behavior. Let’s just hope that once this great new mobile STD testing technology hits the market in the UK, it spreads quickly.

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  • NoneyabIs@yahoo.com

    Std’s. There’s an app for that

  • Dale

    I guess that we’ll see signs suggesting that one should wash their phones as well as their hands before exiting the bathroom. ;-D

  • Dale

    I’d hate to be the poor distribution center employee who has to handle these piss soaked phones. :-P

  • lurch

    That girl’s holding a picture of all the stuff growing on her stinky old ho vag.

  • ProzacBerry

    I would rather pee on YOUR phone.

  • Aubbiefr

    Nice idea. Some issues pop up though.

    1. It is sensitive information you are placing on your phone and hopefully you do not lose or have your phone stolen or have it hacked into etc., that is, if you do test positive for an STD.
    2. Does it only test for a few std’s? What about AIDS, genital warts, hepatitis, HPV, syphilis and many others?

    It might be going in the right direction but I hope it doesn’t let some people think that because they test negative for a few std’s, that means they are ‘safe’. It’s a false hope. That’s all.

  • Borchsenius

    Hey can I borrow your phone for a minute?

  • SYper

    So not only do we have to protect ourselves, we now have to protect our phones too. Oh well, just use another rubber on that too.

  • Devine_taylor

    England : Interesting news regarding STD’s something to look forward too

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