Umbrella
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Lampbrella is an umbrella which could be fitted to lampposts and would automatically open to offer pedestrians shelter when it started to rain.
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At this year’s Amsterdam-based Music Hack Day, two intrepid hackers originating from Berlin created an 8-bit musical umbrella which is triggered by raindrops.
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The Vodafone Booster Brolly is a new umbrella designed to help keep mobile phone owners charged and connected when exploring the great outdoors.
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Looking like an unassuming weapon from Oddjob's arsenal, the Unbreakable Umbrella is the weapon of choice for well-heeled bowler-hatted gentlemen cum ninja assassins everywhere.
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Lieben, a company based in Japan, has created an umbrella that will keep your dog nice and dry when you walk him on a rainy day.
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The Nubrella is a clear umbrella that you wear over your head, like a space helmet.
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The Blunt Umbrella employs a radial tensioning system to perform better in high winds, while removing the potentially dangerous sharp spikes of traditional umbrellas.
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The Powerbrella is a retractable umbrella that converts light from the sun into electricity to charge a range of portable devices such as laptops, mobile phones or iPods while you relax outdoors.
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We've encountered solutions to the problem of runaway sun umbrellas before, but there's a practical simplicity about Beach Pockets, which uses sand to prevent the umbrella from blowing away.
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August 5, 2007 Several factors can detract from a relaxing day at the beach – sunburn, bugs, and sudden gusts of wind taking your umbrella away. But while sunsc
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July 9, 2006 If you’ve ever been there, you’ll know the dangers – a crowded city footpath on a wet day during rush hour. Dodging hundreds of probing, rapier-l
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UPDATED April 26, 2005 Young designer Andy Wana has won the GOLD 2005 Australian Design Award-Dyson Student Award, by reengineering the humble umbrella, crea