Technology is really getting out of hand these days. I just read an article that claims that British health officials are hard at work on a new app that will allow users to “pee into their cell phones and find out within minutes if they have an STD”.

Ummm… yeah. You read right.

If you’re out there rocking without a rubber. There’s an app for that…. or there will be one very soon.

Millions of dollars have been invested in clinical research to create a smartphone app that will allow users, “to put urine or saliva on to a computer chip about the size of a USB chip, plug it into their phone or computer and receive a diagnosis within minutes.”

Don’t act. You know you want to know more…

For those of you out there who are still living on the edge, this app is for you!

According to the GuardianUK:

Mobile phones and computers will soon be able to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases under innovative plans to cut the UK’s rising rate of herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhea among young people.

Doctors and technology experts are developing small devices, similar to pregnancy testing kits, that will tell someone quickly and privately if they have caught an infection through sexual contact.

People who suspect they have been infected will be able to put urine or saliva on to a computer chip about the size of a USB chip, plug it into their phone or computer and receive a diagnosis within minutes, telling them which, if any, sexually transmitted infection (STI) they have. Seven funders, including the Medical Research Council, have put ?4m into developing the technology via a forum called the UK Clinical Research Collaboration.

Dr Tariq Sadiq, a senior lecturer and consultant physician in sexual health and HIV at St George’s, University of London, who is leading the project, explains:

“Your mobile phone can be your mobile doctor. It diagnoses whether you’ve got one of a range of STDs, such as chlamydia or gonorrhea and tells you where to go next to get treatment,”

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It’s almost a great idea if it wasn’t so dayum disgusting! Pee on your phone? OMG! I swear I’d never borrow another person’s cell phone. Again. EVER!? I shudder at the thought but maybe it’s just me!

What do you think of this new STD smartphone app? Would you invest in a cell phone p*ss test?