New sensors can tell when you're about to get 'burnt'

We all know the classic tricks to curing sunburn. Apply aloe, put on sunscreen more than once throughout the day, or simply do not make contact with the sun. You know, the usual.

However, there is a new way you could tell when you are starting to become more like Kramer from "Seinfeld" (see below if you don't know what we mean). FYI, never tan with butter.

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have developed a Nicotine type patch that may be capable of detecting "ultraviolet radiation and dangerous gases." The patch, which is a wearable, stretchable sensor, can be placed right on your skin.

Ph.D researcher Philipp Gutruf told Mashable Australia that the team working on the patch took a simple material like Zinc, which is found in sunscreen, and have turned "it into an unbreakable electric sensor patch, less than a millimetre or so thick."

Research has shown that the patch has various uses. The patch can obviously be worn outside to help signal when you are starting to burn, as well as notifying you when you are being exposed to smog.

There is still some work to be done with the patch, but this sure beats avoiding the sun at all costs!

Since the patch hasn't debuted quite yet, click through below to see what sunscreens dermatologists have recommended!

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