Applying sunscreen can be a messy and time-consuming pursuit.

But thanks to a cunning device, getting ready for the beach has been made much simpler.

SnappyScreen, which was the brainchild of New York-based Kristen McClellan, is a booth with nozzles that spray holidaymakers in just 10 seconds from head to toe.

A YouTube video shows how users use a touch screen to select their height range and which SPF they would like to apply, with 15, 30 and 40 factors on offer.

Once inside the booth, a platform the user stands on revolves so they get a 360-degree exposure to the cream.

The booths come with disposable glasses to protect the eyes.

McClellan came up with the idea for SnappyScreen after she had grown tired of trying to apply sunscreen over her entire body before a day in the sun. She managed to raise US$400,000 from investors.

She took her idea to product design company R&R Associates, which saw great potential in SnappyScreen. Their designers went about bringing McClellan’s idea to life.

It was originally tested at the Atlantis Resort and Hotel in the Bahamas, before being rolled out to other venues.

Hotels and resorts that purchase SnappyScreen booths usually place them by their pools or beach entrances.

They issue cards, much like credit cards, that can be loaded with a certain amount of SnappyScreen credits.

A person using a booth can swipe their SnappyScreen card before selecting their desired process. They then have seven seconds to step into the booth before the nozzles disperse the sunscreen. SnappyScreen makes the most of its profits by selling the cartridges of sunscreen that go inside the machine.

Hotels buy the machines at cost and then buy the four-gallon sunscreen refills in bundles sold by McClellan’s company.

She previously explained to CNBC that they think of the cartridges as the “Keurig cup of sunscreens.”

But McClellan is not just out to make money. A portion of SnappyScreen’s profits are donated to programs that educate in the prevention and protection against skin cancer.

Words to Learn 相关词汇

【快速的】kuàisù de snappy quick or sudden in action or performance

【喷雾盒】pēnwùhé cartridge a case or container that holds a substance, device, or material which is difficult, troublesome, or awkward to handle and that usually can be easily changed

涂抹防晒霜常常费事又费时。

但有了这个巧妙的新发明，去海滩前涂防晒霜就简单多了。

这款自动防晒喷雾机名为SnappyScreen，由纽约的克里斯汀•麦克莱伦打造。游客站在这个小亭子里，仅需10秒钟全身上下就可以被喷上防晒喷雾。

油管一段视频显示，游客可使用触摸屏选择身高，并选用防晒系数为15、30或40的防晒喷雾。

游客所站立的平台还可以360度旋转，因此防晒喷雾可覆盖全身。

该设备还为游客提供一次性眼镜，在喷涂防晒霜时可用来保护眼睛。

麦克莱伦厌烦了在夏日外出前全身涂抹防晒霜，于是想出了SnappyScreen自动防晒喷雾机的创意。她已经拿到了40万美元的投资。

她向R&R联合产品设计公司介绍了SnappyScreen，这家公司认为这款产品有巨大的潜力，设计师着手将她的创意变成现实。

最初，这款产品在巴哈马群岛的亚特兰蒂斯度假村酒店进行了测试，之后向其他场所铺开。

购买SnappyScreen产品的酒店和度假村通常会将其安装在泳池或海滩入口旁。

他们给客人发放形似信用卡的卡片，里面预存了一定数量的产品使用积分。

在选择想使用的喷洒程序前，使用者需要先刷卡。之后他们有7秒钟的时间站进亭子，喷嘴就开始喷洒防晒喷雾了。

SnappyScreen大部分的利润来自于出售安装在机器中的防晒喷雾盒。

酒店以成本价购买喷雾机后，还需要购买该公司出售的防晒喷雾补充装，每瓶4加仑。

麦克莱伦之前向美国全国广播公司财经频道解释说，他们认为防晒喷雾盒是“防晒霜界的绿山咖啡”。

但麦克莱伦并不是只关注赚钱。她将这款产品的部分利润捐赠给了防护皮肤癌的教育项目。 (Chinadaily.com.cn)