Skins to Keep Your Phone Safe

On my last day walking through CES, I just about tripped over two girls in a hot tub. After almost a week in the alternate universe that is Las Vegas, my immediate thought was, "Two bikini-clad girls in a hot tub on a convention exhibition floor. Of course."

The pair were demonstrating a product called Skins, which are -- look, there's no way around this -- mobile phone prophylactics, designed to keep the elements off of (or, better, out of) your phone. The Skins website provides examples of why you'd want to protect your phone, including images of a painter who has smeared his phone blue, a butcher (at least, I'm really hoping that's supposed to be a butcher) who has covered his phone in blood, and -- of course -- more girls in bikinis. Speaking for myself, I can see these being useful for those days when I'm outside during heavy snowfalls, or at least mixing it up in a marathon snowball fight.

If nothing else, Skins can make for a good conversation piece. Rolled up in their packaging, they look just like what I expect they were inspired by. Just make sure you don't mix up your packets, okay?