This may look like the bikini Ursula Andress raised temperatures with in Bond flick Dr No - but it is actually the world's first swimwear to measure the risk of skin cancer.
A built-in sensor records the strength of harmful UV rays from the sun and alerts the bather on a digital display.
The battery-powered unit registers UV intensity in 0.1 steps from 0 to 20. A level of 3 to 5 would be "moderate", with 8 to 10 "very high" and anything above 11 "extreme".
The SmartSwim bikini is washable and safe to wear in the sea or chlorinated water. Made by Solestrom, it is available on the internet at £103 - and is the firm's fastest selling suit.
A spokesman said: "We feel that sun safety goes hand in hand with swimsuit design."
An estimated 100,000 cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year.
The disease kills around 1,800 people annually.
3 comments:
Are you surfing swimsuits again? :) we'll be together soon honey. :)
ahh people are all under the impression that someone else will get cancer..it wont happen to them..im on my granddaughters all the time about tanning...they are like 'yeah, what ever grandma'
Sorry Debbie , I got fed up with Big Knickers sites.
JS the rule in the UK is , when you're red one side,turn over !
Shame they don't make them for men in speedo's ,stick the county thingy in the crotch for an even bigger bulge !
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