WATCH: UBC grad develops the world’s thinnest condom

A University of British Columbia grad has developed the world’s thinnest condom.

Victor Chan grew up in Vancouver, but moved back to Hong Kong after graduation to work for his parents’ condom-making company.

He has now developed a new condom called the ‘Aoni’, and it is only 0.036 mm thick.

Chan said the previous world record holder for the thinnest condom was a Japanese company, and that one was 0.038 mm thick.

“Usually a human hair is 0.06 mm, so it’s about half the size,” said Chan, speaking about the Aoni.

The engineering grad said most people don’t know how a condom is made, and he said it’s not rocket science, but there are many steps to the process.

The Aoni is not yet available in North America, but there have already been concerns raised about a thinner condom meaning an increased risk of breakage.

“We always have to make sure that a condom is safe before we can even call it a condom,” said Chan. “And the Guinness Record office, they’re also very keen about this thing. They put out a requirement on the record, it has to be a safe condom before we can even attempt the record.”