http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071101/the-intelligent-umbrella-that-has-you-covered/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:11:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071101/the-intelligent-umbrella-that-has-you-covered/comment-page-1/#comment-396150 ThinkGeek Umbrella Shows You the Weather » Human Interface Systems Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:41:13 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071101/the-intelligent-umbrella-that-has-you-covered/#comment-396150 [...] how likely it is. It’s no Blade Runner umbrella, but it’ll keep you dry. [ThinkGeek via Coolest Gadgets] Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Geek [...] [...] how likely it is. It’s no Blade Runner umbrella, but it’ll keep you dry. [ThinkGeek via Coolest Gadgets] Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Geek [...]

]]> http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071101/the-intelligent-umbrella-that-has-you-covered/comment-page-1/#comment-317154 Gadgets: ThinkGeek Umbrella Shows You the Weather Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:05:01 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071101/the-intelligent-umbrella-that-has-you-covered/#comment-317154 [...] It's not quite the forecast predicting umbrella design from a year ago, but this ThinkGeek model beats it in the "it actually exists" category. The Ambient Forecasting Umbrella hits up Accuweather.com to fetch the day's forecast, which then gets converted into a small light show on the handle. Flashing blue lights mean it's going to rain or snow, with the speed of the flashing showing how likely it is. It's no Blade Runner umbrella, but it'll keep you dry. [ThinkGeek via Coolest Gadgets] [...] [...] It’s not quite the forecast predicting umbrella design from a year ago, but this ThinkGeek model beats it in the “it actually exists” category. The Ambient Forecasting Umbrella hits up Accuweather.com to fetch the day’s forecast, which then gets converted into a small light show on the handle. Flashing blue lights mean it’s going to rain or snow, with the speed of the flashing showing how likely it is. It’s no Blade Runner umbrella, but it’ll keep you dry. [ThinkGeek via Coolest Gadgets] [...]

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