How's your day so far? I hope everything is good, despite of the rainy Gombak. Well, don't forget to bring your umbrella with you anywhere you go :)
Well thanks for the weather, I felt like doing a mini-research on umbrellas. While digging into the info on the mechanics behind umbrella, I found some super cool hi-tech umbrellas that went kinda 'famous' I'd say on the umbrella market.
Okay so here's one of the umbrellas that caught my attention. And its name is The Humble Umbrella. Gah, the irony! Just kidding.. It was named as The Pileus.
So, what's the fuss?
- The Pileus system created as a 'mobile tangible browser to make rainy day fun'. Awwh, cool!
- It is also known as the internet umbrella. Yep, you read it right. It has internet connection.
- Well, it can snap pictures and record videos as it has a built-in camera. The images or videos can be directly uploaded to Flickr or YouTube. Okay that was something! Your rain walk would never be any less exciting ;)
- It has GPS, digital compass that connected to Google Earth and a large screen projected to the top of the umbrella.
- It has RFID or Radio-frequency Identification reader on the handle so that user can scroll the contents projected.
Thanks to these developers; Sho Hashimoto, Shingo Iwata, Takashi Matsumoto, Aya Tomatsu, Naoki Kubota and Naohito Okude from Japan. Job well done!
What a cool gadget Fad! thanks for the post.however i have a few question. How much it will cost for an umbrella? what supplies the power?using battery? wont it will be dangerous if there is thunder and lightning?
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome!
DeleteBased on what I have found, the price range would be around USD50-100, which means it is around 150 to 300 MYR. Pricey, I know. (overspending alert!) well its worth the tech I guess. Yes this umbrella uses battery and the safety features are guaranteed by the team before they launched it :)They have done a lot of prototype (1st until 3rd gen) experiments to test its durability, usability and safety.
Thank you Fadila for being responsive. indeed it is an awesome umbrella. Tq for the info anyway!
Deletewoaaaa.. despite on rainy day, we can use it in a normal shiny day! i can create a Vlog if i had this umbrella. i mean we can talk while walking without troubling ourselves to hold the common video cam. hahaha. ;p
ReplyDeleteDear Ajirah,
DeleteYes you definitely can use it during shiny shinyyy daysss :p but the camera is on the outer part of the umbrella's top so you have to turn it around and record yourself which might be kinda astonishing for the people that are passing by..haha. Nonetheless, go vlogging, Ajirah!
wow..this is nice...is it available in our market? and how much is the price..
ReplyDeleteIt is! :)
DeleteFrom what I've found, sadly, there are no mentions about its availability here in Malaysia... The price range is between MYR150 to 300.