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Bikini Tells You When You Had Enough Sun

The good old bikini that we all are familiar with is now being upgraded. It is entering the digital era with a new built-in alarm that warns you to get out of the sun. Following the advice of the American Cancer Society to lower the risk of skin cancer, by avoiding too much exposure to the sun, Canadian company Solestrom has come up with a new bikini that will be in shops next month.

This bikini has a UV meter built into its belt and an alarm that beeps to tell wearers when to head to the shade. Solestrom spokeswoman Emily Garassa said: "There`s so much concern about sun exposure and skin cancer that we saw the demand and designed something to be safe for the wearer".

She added that the meter on the $190 bikini displays a level of UV intensity on a scale from 0 to 20. A person`s sensitivity to UV depends mainly on skin type, but generally three to five would be considered moderate strength, 8 to 10 very high and anything above 11 extreme. The bikini is supposed to be in high demand among customers, because of the increasing awareness of the sun`s dangers.