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Samurai Umbrella – Harakiri to Hail and Seppuku to Sleet!

by Jay Garrett on February 6, 2009

samurai-sword-umbrellaWhere have those innocent days gone before umbrella’s turned nasty?

Before they were used to poison spies?

Before they doubled up as knuckle dusters?

And now you can go out armed like a samurai!

Slice your way through inclement weather with like Japanese military nobility with this Samurai inspired umbrella.

samurai-shodo

ThinkGeek via Uberreview

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LightDrops – Rain Powered LED Umbrella

by Jay Garrett on December 16, 2008

lightdropsAs the days keep getting shorter and weather more moist perhaps the ideal would be an umbrella that lights up.

Better still, how about an umbrella that lights up by the power of rain?

Nah – that could never happen.  Could it?

The answer is yes; thanks to designer Sang-Kyun Park and LightDrops.

The umbrella uses the piezoelectric effect of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) to transform falling rain into electricity, which is then used to light LEDs installed on the umbrella’s underside.

So, the heavier the rain falls the brighter the light shines!

I think the fact that on dark nights it will look like some weird glowing, floating thing is enjoying the rain would be worth the price alone :)
StyleCrave

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Umbuster – Part Knuckle Duster, Part Umbrella – Totally Cool

November 24, 2008 Click to read more →

At the start of Spring (I think it was) this was a mere concept. Now the rain-stopping thuggery better known as the Umbuster is official – things are looking nasty for bad weather! It is now available as a bespoke item so you can slip your fingers through that metal ‘handle’ and give those other [...]