That right there is a condom made of beef tendon. (Apex Medical Technologies Inc.)

Imagine if we could pleasurably prevent unwanted pregnancy while also putting meat scraps to good use. That’s just one of the ideas that have reached the finalist stage for the challenge by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop the Next Generation of Condoms. There’s eleven different ideas in all that are going to try and make sex with a condom easier, possibly more pleasurable, and in some cases more effective (e.g. the condom specifically designed for anal sex). But why the beef tendon? The developer, Mark McGlothlin, told NPR that they would extract the collagen from the tendons to make the condoms which would give them the tensile strength needed to act as a barrier against sperm and STDs but wouldn’t feel like plastic to the guy wearing it. If beef tendons aren’t your thing they can also make them from fish scraps, which will go over better in India where the Hindus might not be down with using sacred cow parts on their own sacred parts.

You just have to see the commercial for another one of the finalists—this is for a condom applicator built in to the wrapper. So instead of having to take the condom out and position it correctly (which can be tough in the dark under the throes of passion) this just lets you snap and roll. But, oh, the commerical. It actually uses the phrase “throbbing manhood”. It’s after the jump.