Ross, I just LOVED your posting re using a dial to warn of the dangers of sun burn.
Methinks you were talking just a bit tongue in cheek! Anyone with two neurones knows that in either bright sun OR glary cloud-obscured sun, there is a HIGH risk of sun burn (and if cumulative, of skin cancer). I am not sure that we actually need the indicator that you conceptualised so nicely. Look at it this way. If those at risk are so dumb that they have to hold hands to have a synapse before they know they will be burnt, will they be able to understand what the SBDI (sun burn danger indicator) says???? I doubt it. BUT, I did like the way you explored the notion. Very elegant, and in a way that I like. There is a lot of creative fun in taking something like this and developing it. OK, so it is a bit impractical, but it is still intellectually satisfying. A fair bit of my research is a bit like that! So, thanks for both stimulating my intellect, and giving me something to chuckle over John (One who visits a dermatologist every year to have begnin (so far) things removed from my skin. The product of decades of abuse doing field work with no shirt or in a sleeveless shirt!)
