# "Smart Condom" to measure sex parameters **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316 "2017-03-03T17:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/1 "2017-03-03T17:34:46Z")
Actually, a “smart cock ring”, apparently, but I guess that’s harder to put in a headline. They think it’ll go for $75 > **[High-Tech Condom Ring Coming Out To Measure Boink Performance](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/icon-condom-app_n_58b911e0e4b0b99894167584?qpn5szyzhw54revcxr=)** > > "Users will have the option to share their recent data with friends, or, indeed the world,” the manufacturer promises. > [@](#): > > In fact, the device is a ring that men can wear with a condom during sex to track a number of pertinent facts. It’s not actually available yet, but the company is taking “early bird” registrations around the world for the product, which will sell for about $75 once it’s released sometime in 2017. > The i.Con tracks speed, “average thrust velocity,” duration, skin temperature, girth, calories burned (no joke) and frequency of sessions. Most importantly for many, no doubt, will be how a wearer stacks up to the average and “best” performers — though a sexual partner will likely have an insight or two about that. Statistics are tracked via an i.Con app. > The i.Con is also supposed to be able to sense sexually transmitted diseases. I suspect these will sell for bragging rights. And we’ll see lots of people hacking the website to up their stats. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/2 "2017-03-03T18:03:54Z")
> [@](#): > > The i.Con is also supposed to be able to sense sexually transmitted diseases. “sense” STDs? Like a tingly spidey sense? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/3 "2017-03-03T18:24:20Z")
So, a “fuck-foot” is now going to be an actual unit (heh) of measure? I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/4 "2017-03-03T18:51:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “sense” STDs? > > Like a tingly spidey sense? Sounds simple to _me_; what don’t you get about it? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/5 "2017-03-03T19:02:48Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Sounds simple to _me_; what don’t you get about it? I _knew_ you’d swoop by!😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/6 "2017-03-03T20:27:14Z")
Can it be worn in the ass? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/7 "2017-03-03T20:28:51Z")
“eight hours of juice after a single hour of being plugged in” Damn, there’s no way I’ll be measuring up to _that_ statistic. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/8 "2017-03-03T20:30:44Z")
I just invented an app that allows the user to provide alternative results. ---
**Author:** ![Fruitbat2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/9 "2017-03-03T20:48:20Z")
Sorry, already posted on this in the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/10 "2017-03-03T20:54:56Z")
_“Statistics are tracked via an i.Con app.”_ Ah yes, the Bone Phone. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/11 "2017-03-03T21:00:43Z")
I put this on and it wouldn’t stop laughing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/12 "2017-03-03T21:07:06Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > So, a “fuck-foot” is now going to be an actual unit (heh) of measure? I give up. Those of us who use metric get the “fuck-metre”, which is a _much_ more impressive unit of measurement. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/13 "2017-03-03T22:55:33Z")
$75? Screw that. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-condom-to-measure-sex-parameters/781316/14 "2017-03-04T00:59:39Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Those of us who use metric get the “fuck-metre”, which is a _much_ more impressive unit of measurement. This could redefine the meaning of ‘furlongs per fortnight’…