A “testicle bath” has won the $45,000 prize at the James Dyson awards as a new innovative form of male birth control.
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The contraceptive was created by recent industrial design graduate Rebecca Weiss who said she wanted to explore a new development for men. Titled “COSO”, the device is an “ultrasound-based, a reversible and hormone-free male contraceptive device for home use.”
The device is filled with water up to a certain limit based on testicle size. COSO’s website says the water must be heated up to a specific temperature and the user must “spreads his legs and sits down to place the testicles in the device.”
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Weiss said she came up with the idea after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and said there was a lack of male birth control. Due to her diagnosis, she was stuck with taking birth control pills.
“When my partner and I were looking for an alternative method, we became aware of the lack of male contraceptives. This problem is not unique to me personally. It affects many others as well as is made evident in the current growing public discussion about the lack of contraceptive alternatives.”
SOURCE: UPI