Experience a world of weather under one umbrella

by Jeannie Choe, posted Mar 11th 2007 at 7:19AM

"Weather Explorer Umbrella" is an installation project that clues you in on current weather conditions worldwide using a souped-up 'brella and an outlined world map. As you scamper about the "world," your weather "experience" changes according to each unique location that the umbrella captures with a tracking camera. An XML feed provides real-time weather data, altering the actions of a fan, speakers, and LEDs installed on the underside of the umbrella. Wind data adjusts the speed of the fan while other weather patterns are expressed with white (lightning / thunderstorm), blue (rain), and yellow (sun) lights. Definitely not as practical as the news or the internet, but with a little imagination (okay a lot of imagination) it might be fun to try. If you're looking for a dorky umbrella that's actually useful in real life, this one might be more your style.

[Via Hackaday]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Tags: installation, umbrella, weather, Weather Explorer Umbrella, WeatherExplorerUmbrella

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ryan @ Mar 11th 2007 4:27PM

wow. this is just retarded.

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Mr. Picklesworth @ Mar 11th 2007 7:46PM

Or, you can _go outside_ and experience this mysterious "weather" thing for free.

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John Doe @ Mar 11th 2007 10:34PM

Yep because I don't know about you but whenever I walk out my door I immediately know what the weather is like 1000 miles away. RTFA!

That being said this is still retarded.

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