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Most Intriguing Flexible and Printed Electronics Products of 2017: My UV Patch

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Flexible and printed electronics manufacturers made some interesting headway toward commercialization during 2017, with promising products either reaching the market or getting close.

 
L’Oréal – My UV Patch

With approximately $31 billion in sales in 2016, L’Oréal is one of the five largest beauty businesses in the world. Through the L’Oréal’s Technology Incubator and its R&D teams, L’Oreal is always creating new products for the beauty market. One example is My UV Patch, a stretchable skin sensor that monitors UV absorption that L’Oreal developed in conjunction with La Roche-Posay, L’Oreal’s skin care brand, and MC10 Inc. Since the heart-shaped patch’s introduction in January 2016, the company reports that more than one million patches have been sold.

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