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3D-Printed Custom-Fit Condoms Are The Future Of Sex

Custom-fit condoms are coming to a 3-D printer near you, thanks to the unscaled economy.
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A woman brings her date back to her place. Things get steamy. Clothes come off…but, you know, gotta be safe. She takes out her phone, scans her guy’s nether regions, then hits Print. The 3-D printer in her backroom whips up a custom-size hydrogel condom that fits the guy like vacuum wrap on a package of hot dogs. Good times ensue, and nobody had to run out to the drugstore.

That’s not a scrapped scene from —it could happen before your Bumble membership expires. Several technologies are swirling together to bring serious innovation to condoms in the 1920s. The innovation is just beginning, pushing hard against regulatory agencies that can’t keep up with the science. Still, this is coming. So to speak.

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