Smart bikini will save you from sunburn

And the reason for the publication of photos of these funny girls was the start of sales in France of “smart bikinis”. An ultraviolet sensor is built into the fabric of the bathing suit, which is connected via Bluetooth to the smartphone. The smartphone warns the owner when it is necessary to apply a new layer of sunscreen.

The creator of the product, bikini connecté, Maria Spinali, said that she had the idea when she saw a charred man on the beach. “After all, there are already flower pots that warn of the need for watering,” she argues. “It is time to invent a warning system for the sun.”



The buyer of a bikini (which is sold in France for € 149) is registered in a special service, where he indicates his skin type and the desired degree of tan. The time after which it is necessary to issue a warning is calculated based on this personal data. The customizable “Valentine” function allows you to send a message about the need to apply cream to the phone of the boyfriend of the bikini owner.

So far, the UV sensor is removable, albeit waterproof. but at the moment, the creator is working to ensure that it can be made small enough to be embedded in the bathing suit material itself. Versions for men's swimming trunks are not yet provided.

The Parisian fashion designer Louis Rear (again the French!) Is considered to be the creator of modern bikinis, who improved the Atom model of a bathing suit created a few months earlier (the name of a small swimsuit hints that the atom is the smallest particle of matter). Bikinis were first shown in public on July 5, 1946. A new swimsuit model was named after the Bikini Atoll, on which the United States conducted nuclear tests four days earlier. The advertising slogan that accompanied the release of the new model used parallels between the name of the previous model and nuclear decay: “Bikini - divided by Atom!”.

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation on the skin, exceeding the skin's natural protective ability to tan, leads to burns. Ultraviolet radiation can lead to mutations. The formation of mutations, in turn, can cause skin cancer, skin melanoma, and premature aging.

Historically, tanning was considered a sign of the lower class. He came into fashion thanks to Coco Chanel (again the French), and then in the 1930s his popularity increased due to the emerging reputation of sun therapy as a panacea for all diseases, including tuberculosis.

Scientists and cosmetologists have long been involved in the protection of beach and tan lovers. Recently, Russian scientists have developed a new composition for sunscreens based on cerium dioxide. Gadget lovers will appreciate the ideaBikini from photocells .