Redmond, Washington (The Adobo Chronicles) – Microsoft’s Bill Gates has announced that his foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to a university in Australia to research and produce skin-like condoms as a way to encourage more people to have safer sex, thus reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases.

Gates said he understands that the overwhelming objection to the use of condoms is the fact that sex partners can’t feel the true sensation they otherwise would get from unprotected sex. The skin-like condoms are expected to be ultra thin while still being break-free.

Reacting to the news, Microsoft’s main competitor Apple  said that it will purchase the skin-like condoms in bulk to use in the manufacture of its next generation iPhone and iPads.  Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the skin-like condoms would make for effective and durable film for its iPhone and iPad screens. “They would make touch screen technology a true state-of-the-art while still affording mobile device users the ability to feel the natural sensation of the finger touch,” Cook said.