Singapore, April 18 -- To mark the 10th Anniversary of Procter & Gamble Singapore Innovation Centre (SgIC), a new innovative wearable skin sensor with the potential to disrupt the skincare industry was recently unveiled.

Known as "HapSense", the patent-pending device allows scientists to speed up their analysis of skincare cosmetic products by up to 10 times and yet cost just a fraction of the existing expensive skin-testing panels.

Typical skin-test panels consist of skincare product reviewers who represent a defined user demographic, depending on the nature of the study. Unlike conventional methods that rely on subjective assessments like consumer surveys, HapSense offers precise, objective and quantifiable measurements of tactile se...