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If I want an umbrella its either a shoddy free one or one that does not cost more than £10/$20]]>Jul 4th 2007 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/Jul 4th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/Ah, the wonders of technology...]]>Jul 4th 2007 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/
Why not just wait until it does actually start.]]>Jul 4th 2007 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/Jul 4th 2007 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/Jul 4th 2007 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/Jul 4th 2007 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/
Also carrying this $125 umbrella around you'd have to keep it by your side, because there's no way you'd leave it in the communal umbrella pot at the entrance to any public place.]]>Jul 4th 2007 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/
But wouldn't I be expecting bad weather anyway if I was already carrying an umbrella?]]>Jul 4th 2007 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/Jul 4th 2007 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/
If so - check out : http://www.ambientdevices.com/developer/OrbWDK.pdf

Be a neat way to quietly leave a message for someone. Call it six usable colors by 3 or 4 easily distinguishable flash patterns and you've got a subtle and reasonably secure method of one way comms.
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Although I appreciate Engadget's enthusiasm for Technology, I'm often annoyed at their propensity for advertising cheap china-made garbage.

And we all wonder why our environment's going to hell...?]]>Jul 4th 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/04/ambients-forecasting-umbrella-now-on-sale/

(...hmm. maybe this is one of those "Well it seemed like a clever comment at the time" comments :)]]>Jul 7th 2007 7:01PM