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Weapons
Samurai Sword Umbrella: Fight the Rain With Honour
4:20AM Sean Fallon | Whip out your samurai sword umbrella and do battle with Mother Nature. Should you be defeated, the only honourable way out is seppuku—although that would be especially nasty with an umbrella. [ThinkGeek via Uberreview] More »
Gadgets
Rain Wipe is Slick Solution For Wet Umbrellas
1:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | Leave it to the Japanese to come up with an environmentally friendly solution to drying wet umbrellas. The new “Rain Wipe” from Annon removes rainwater using a squeegee-like device to pull water from the umbrella into a collecting tray. The tray would only need replacement after about 3000 umbrellas have been squeezed through. It generates less trash than using those plastic umbrella baggies and uses less energy than umbrella blow dryers. Ingenious! [Dvice] More »
Vehicles
Mazda Kiyora Recycles Rain Water for Drinking
6:00AM Jesus Diaz | This is the new Mazda Kiyora, a concept car that is not only designed to consume less gas and produce less emissions, but to collect and purify the most important liquid on Earth: Water. You know, for drinking. If you are into that kind of liquid, anyway. When you drive the Mazda Kiyora through rain, its roof channels the falling water into a specially-designed Lifesaver purification bottle. The bottle, called Lifesaver Bottle Citi, is placed in the middle of the car’s interior, between the front seats, for easy access by all passengers. More »
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