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UmbrellaNet
Telescoping Auto Adjusting Height Management Umbrella Device | |
A bluetooth or otherwise networked height adjustment mechanism on the umbrella that automatically adjusts its height in relationship to others, so that you don't have to think about lowering or raising them as you walk in a crowd of other umbrella bearers.
Working in tandem, you can imagine a throng
of people, umbrellas in hand, walking down a rainy streat, all the umbrellas rising and falling in unison like in some Chinese Olympics demonstration, all in automated fashion, and...no one loses an eye.
Height-adjusted umbrellas
Height-adjusted_20umbrellas
To make them all the same altitude. [phoenix, Oct 29 2008]
Telescopic Umbrella
Telescopic_20Umbrella
To make them all 7' tall. [phoenix, Oct 29 2008]
not even related
DocumNets
[normzone, Jun 18 2021]
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It would need a very, very complex management system constantly update and to co-ordinate the constantly changing interactions. Easily achieved, until someone drops something, then bends down to pick it up.... all in all a totally halfbaked idea, and attracting this tasty croissant. |
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Didn't Mary Poppins use the principal of the constantly
adjusting umbrella to fly. |
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But if your umbrella is above others in a packed crowd, then you are still getting wet from other people's run-off. |
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I hate umbrellas in crowded areas. Their usage in such a situation demonstrates human idiocy and selfishness in all its grotesque glory. |
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//then you are still getting wet from other people's run-off// |
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See, this is where you need an energized mucus which leaps
from one umbrella to the next to form waterproof seals on the
fly. Flexing playfully, it would flick rivulets towards the nearest
un-pedestrianed space. |
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//you need an energized mucus// I knew I was lacking something in my life. |
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Rather than up-&-down, perhaps flexing the tips inwards
would work better? Both yours & the person's next to you
would both bend an equal amount, simply based on distance
between centres. Solves the aforementioned "mines high so I
get others run-off" problem, & being symmetrical & only
local, would be easier to implement from a software point-
of-view. |
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