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Design
Toothpick Umbrella Lamp Makes Use Of Girly Drink Accessories
2:30PM Rosa Golijan | I wonder if reader Jacob Burghart and Scott Jarvie are drinking buddies, because they each needed about a thousand frilly drinks to get the materials needed for their projects. Regardless, Jacob’s lamp design is beautiful in idea and execution. More »
Design
Shoulderbrella: Because Holding Your Umbrella Is Haaaarrrd
1:00AM Mark Wilson | Just when you begin to consider the world a cold place where ingenuity couldn’t exist without a touchscreen, a Japanese inventor busts out the Shoulderbrella. More »
Gadgets
Powerbrella to Bridge the Gap Between Nerds and Sunlight
2:50PM Dan Nosowitz | Now that it’s summer, us cold-weather-city types want to spend every possible waking moment outdoors. But that separation from technology is sometimes just too hard to bear, which is where the Powerbrella comes in. Its solar panels keep your gadgets charged and ready to go. More »
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2:55PM Nick Broughall | From the “So crazy it just might work!” file comes the Shuella, an umbrella for your shoes. Or, more accurately, a raincoat that covers your shoes and legs. Crazy! More »
Shuellas Are Umbrellas For Your Shoes. No, Us Neither
2:55PM Nick Broughall | From the “So crazy it just might work!” file comes the Shuella, an umbrella for your shoes. Or, more accurately, a raincoat that covers your shoes and legs. Crazy! More »
Design
Cloud Umbrella Leaves You High and Dry, And By ‘Dry’ I Mean ‘Wet’
6:40AM Sean Fallon | Kudos to Dutch designer Joonsoo Kim for attempting to give the plain old umbrella a whimsical cumulus makeover. Unfortunately, I think there might be some problems with the concept. More »
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 »
Games
The Umbrella Corporation Umbrella
3:40AM Mark Wilson | With your run-of-the-mill umbrella, you’re ready for a rainy day. With the $US15 official Umbrella Corporation umbrella, you’re ready for, well, sleet at minimum. [ThinkGeek via Kotaku] More »
Weapons
Umbuster Brass Knuckle Umbrella Now For Sale
5:45AM Sean Fallon | The internet design concept phenomenon known as the Umbuster has finally jumped out of that nightmare you have about an old man beating you to a pulp in the street into cold, hard reality. That’s right—you can start using this knuckle-dusting umbrella to bust up rainclouds and jawbones right now for the equivalent of $US287 (assuming that it is legal to own in your area that is). [Srulirecht] More »
Gadgets
Japanese Umbrella Is One Huge Speaker
1:00AM Jesus Diaz | Japanese researchers in Japan have developed a clever way to turn an entire umbrella into one giant speaker. Made of bamboo and paper, the Oto-Shigure uses a built-in amplifier connected to four tiny vibrating motors located on the tips of the umbrella. And before you imagine the streets of Tokyo turned into one giant cacophony of sounds, the cool thing about this invention is that the music can’t be heard by anyone except the person under the umbrella:
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