Product: Umbrella: Climate
Rain Sensitive Umbrella   (+3)  [vote for, against]
"It's stopped raining, you can put it away now"

This umbrella is coated with a water sensitive membrane. Once it has stopped raining, the sensors transmit a signal which powers a green led on the inside of the umbrella.

Once the user sees the green light, they know they can safely put their umbrella away.

It would seem that there is a market for this, as I've just seen several people walking along underneath umbrellas, even though it stopped raining 5 minutes ago.
-- jtp, Nov 16 2006

Weather Forecast Umbrella http://www.ambientd...ambientumbrella.pdf
found what i was talking about.. [rascalraidex, Nov 17 2006]

Completely stupid - I like it [+]
-- zen_tom, Nov 16 2006


I pictured an umbrella with a voice thingy telling the user things like, "Oh, yech! I hate the rain.", "Hey, I'm getting all wet over here!", or "I'm melting, I'm melting. Please make it stop.",or "Hey little rain drop, Iknow you had a long trip. You just rest on my top for awhile, be cool, little dude."

I guess your idea is more useful. Could we have it do both?
-- NotTheSharpestSpoon, Nov 16 2006


[ntss] The umbrella in the description is from the economy range. The "Rainmaster" incorporates all the features you mention, and a few more...
-- jtp, Nov 16 2006


maybe you could also have it download the local forecast and blink a little red light so you don't forget it when you leave the house...
-- rascalraidex, Nov 16 2006


[rascal] Ah, so it's the "Rainmaster" you'd be wanting then...
-- jtp, Nov 16 2006


Proximity sensors alert you that you're about to bump into someone else's umbrella.
-- phundug, Nov 16 2006


these brollies just close down on your head without warning?

oh, I see.
-- po, Nov 16 2006


The light thing i was talking about is apparently in the works already. It looks pretty cool.
-- rascalraidex, Nov 17 2006



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