Pileus is working on an Internet enabled umbrella that will allow the user to check out websites while their walking down the street, by looking up at the underside of the umbrella. It works by using a small projector to put the image on the inside of the umbrella. It’s enabled for Google Maps and Flickr.
It’s not quite ready for mass production yet as the projector is still pretty bulky and power-hungry, but it looks really cool.
Oh please no. There are enough people out there with no idea how to use an umbrella properly. They don’t need another reason not to be looking where they’re going or to be completely unaware of their surroundings.
aye, this invention sucks. Everyone already has their mobilephone or ipod with GPS and everything, so why bother implementing it in an umbrella. Why not invent an umbrella that makes the rain fall upward or give light in the dark….or something