The goal is to make our product available sometime in second quarter of 2024. We are selling a smart band for Apple Watch. So, a person who has an Apple Watch would take off their band and add this giving the band what we call ŪV Vision. I would love your feedback so you are on the list. The goal with alerting people so early ( i.e 0.1 MED) is because there is literature suggesting that the aging process on the skin can be close to eliminated by keeping your UV exposure that low. It’s definitely focuses on the beauty component vs the health component. Our smart band is both a beauty device and a health device in one. Yes, the onboarding process will have consumers put in their skin type ( 1-6) and their SPF. We will calibrate the sensors based on a golden unit in production and based on a gold standard unit as well. I am really excited to help people track this as it’s a huge health burden for the population.
Thanks so much for the follow up. I think that sun damage occurs earlier than 1 MED. We have chatted before, briefly, about the wearable product I am bringing to market (eclipseRx.com) and we are asking people to be aware of .10 MED or .50MED vs just 1 MED. My passion is to get people to not live at the guardrails and to be more proactive, earlier. I am grateful for ALL of the science you have put into this field. Thanks so much for your passion and persistence in this field. You are a gem!
It is important to note that the UV dose our skin experiences cannot be calculated from the UVI by a simple formula because UVI does not represent the intensity of radiation on the skin. It represents the intensity of radiation on a flat horizontal surface which is not the same as the radiation directly impinging on the skin. For example, when UVI is only slightly more than zero at sunrise or sunset the actual ultraviolet radiation intensity UVA + UVB on the skin can be as much as 4 W/cm2 on a clear day, not near zero. Actual ultraviolet intensity radiating the face or exposed parts of the body can be as much as 4 W/cm2 when standing in direct sunlight at sunrise or sunset and around 20% to 30% more when the sun reflects off water onto our skin.
The goal is to make our product available sometime in second quarter of 2024. We are selling a smart band for Apple Watch. So, a person who has an Apple Watch would take off their band and add this giving the band what we call ŪV Vision. I would love your feedback so you are on the list. The goal with alerting people so early ( i.e 0.1 MED) is because there is literature suggesting that the aging process on the skin can be close to eliminated by keeping your UV exposure that low. It’s definitely focuses on the beauty component vs the health component. Our smart band is both a beauty device and a health device in one. Yes, the onboarding process will have consumers put in their skin type ( 1-6) and their SPF. We will calibrate the sensors based on a golden unit in production and based on a gold standard unit as well. I am really excited to help people track this as it’s a huge health burden for the population.
Agree. Hopefully, we are not that unlucky!
Thanks so much for the follow up. I think that sun damage occurs earlier than 1 MED. We have chatted before, briefly, about the wearable product I am bringing to market (eclipseRx.com) and we are asking people to be aware of .10 MED or .50MED vs just 1 MED. My passion is to get people to not live at the guardrails and to be more proactive, earlier. I am grateful for ALL of the science you have put into this field. Thanks so much for your passion and persistence in this field. You are a gem!
When you say “perceptible skin damage” are talking about 100% of MED?
It is important to note that the UV dose our skin experiences cannot be calculated from the UVI by a simple formula because UVI does not represent the intensity of radiation on the skin. It represents the intensity of radiation on a flat horizontal surface which is not the same as the radiation directly impinging on the skin. For example, when UVI is only slightly more than zero at sunrise or sunset the actual ultraviolet radiation intensity UVA + UVB on the skin can be as much as 4 W/cm2 on a clear day, not near zero. Actual ultraviolet intensity radiating the face or exposed parts of the body can be as much as 4 W/cm2 when standing in direct sunlight at sunrise or sunset and around 20% to 30% more when the sun reflects off water onto our skin.