Hasta La Gadget!

Here is something that may be useful for people hoping to protect their skin this summer.

Japan Weather Association and Design Factory, Inc. jointly planned and developed “Beauty Sign PLUS” which is a palm-sized device that can measure your skin condition and the intensity of solar ultraviolet rays. It was released on May 28.

When you want to measure the intensity of ultraviolet rays, simply hold the device toward the sun. To measure the condition of your skin, apply the tip section of the device to your skin, it will tell you the moisture, oil and suppleness level of your skin in 5 seconds.

It comes with a handy-carrying case so you can bring it along anytime and use it when you are worried about your skin condition or the intensity of ultraviolet rays.

It costs 2,980 yen.

Electric beauty product devices have become amazingly popular in Japan – things like facial massagers, face steamers, etc. – to help maintain the beauty of your skin.
Now Maxell has developed a handy smartphone attachment lens, called “Memoret”, available in Japan, that you can use to take close-up high definition photos of skin to see closely its condition, texture, etc., so that you can monitor problems, etc.
Maxell is also developing a smart phone app called …