July 26, 2006
UV-meter bikini
Solestrom Swimwear has a new bikini with a built-in UV Meter so you can figure out how long before you've had too much sun. (Looks like it's just a meter — it would impress me more if it let you input how sun-sensitive you are and it gave you a countdown of how long you had left before burning.)
From their press release:
The bikini collects UV data though a smart fabric belt, and reports the UV index to the wearer with 0.01 accuracy. The electronic components are neatly built into the removable belt, and can be worn even underwater. Next in the list is a lower cost cousin, the SmartSwim™ UV Index Detector Bikini, which has UV sensitive beads that change color with the level of UV intensity. The reading gives more of a range rather than an accurate number, but for those who simply need to know if the UV is low, moderate or high, this bikini fits the bill.
(Link via Retrospectacle.)
Posted by bug to Wearable Computing at July 26, 2006 2:16 PM | TrackBack