Sadly this is not a story of a pimping professor that created the ultimate condom for one of his many boot-calls, but a much more mundane one at that. He originally created the material with golf-balls in mind. Yes that’s right, golf-balls.

What Dr. Martin (a professor at the University of Queensland) has done, is create a new polyurethane that is thinner and stronger then the ones in use today. It was of course created with nano-technology, just like all things seem to be these days, and promises stronger golf balls, better skin-tight lycra and more sensitive condoms.

Polyurethane (PU) is a family of compounds used in a multitude of things, most notably various types of foam, which accounts for about 1/3 of all PU. Products made with polyurethane include surfboards (they’re coated with fiberglass as well), tennis-grips and many adhesives. Dr. Martins PU is not a block of foam, however, it is a thin layer of the nano wonder-composite that is supposed to be stronger and more flexible then others in use today. As always, we recommend reading up on polyurethane on wikipedia if you want to know more.

Now we just have to hope that it’s not all just hype that he’s trying to create to gain a buck off his creation.

Official press release from the university