Comments on: Self-healing condoms? http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/02/22/self-healing-condoms/ Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: elizabeth http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/02/22/self-healing-condoms/comment-page-1/#comment-277 elizabeth Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:01:48 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/02/22/self-healing-condoms/#comment-277 Lee: I refer you to Indonesia's new Earthquake condoms, with their vibrating rings. If we're going to put robots in there, they can surely do more for us than just surgery... Lee: I refer you to Indonesia’s new Earthquake condoms, with their vibrating rings. If we’re going to put robots in there, they can surely do more for us than just surgery…

]]> By: Lee Rudolph http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/02/22/self-healing-condoms/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Lee Rudolph Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:02:47 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/02/22/self-healing-condoms/#comment-275 "If there were a way we could build in an early warning system for the tears". A suspension of properly programmed nanorobots in the lubricant, and Bob's your uncle. (As the technology advances, no doubt the nanorobots won't be limited to reporting, but will even be equipped to perform on-the-spot nanosurgery: repairing nanorips in rubbers *and* membranes.) ...And you thought the sensation of ants crawling on your skin was creepy? “If there were a way we could build in an early warning system for the tears”.

A suspension of properly programmed nanorobots in the lubricant, and Bob’s your uncle. (As the technology advances, no doubt the nanorobots won’t be limited to reporting, but will even be equipped to perform on-the-spot nanosurgery: repairing nanorips in rubbers *and* membranes.)

…And you thought the sensation of ants crawling on your skin was creepy?

]]>