Typically an umbrella has only one purpose: to keep you dry while everything else is wet. But no, those Japanese don’t agree and have created an umbrella with GPS, Internet connectivity, projector and Flickr synchronization. Sounds pretty complicated because it is. Here’s what it can do: take pictures, upload them on Flickr, browse web for other pictures, display current position on Google Maps and slideshow your pictures.
That’s a pretty amazing prototype, and below we have a video to show what it can do.
[youtube]mvH51D3KJT4[/youtube]
posted by Gadget Road [via: OhGizmo!]
RGS wrote,
Hello GR … great first post. Keep’em coming
Link | May 17th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
lorla wrote,
Nice one!
But don’t you think it is bad idea to walk around looking skyward!!
Link | May 18th, 2007 at 3:18 am
John Pope wrote,
You’ll definitely look at least strange, but that’s a small price to pay when you’ll watch Joost on your umbrella
Link | May 18th, 2007 at 9:58 am
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Link | May 18th, 2007 at 9:30 pm