We’ve made note of the those nicely designed gadgets from Ambient Devices in the past. Now, Ambient has on offer the Forecasting Umbrella that incorporates a weather forecast data-radio in the handle.
If the probability of rain is 100% the light in the handle of the umbrella will flash 100 times per minute. A 60% chance of rain translates to 60 pulses per minute.
The data is sourced from AccuWeather.com and is delivered over pager networks.
Ambient Forecasting Umbrella – product website
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Do you have to count the pulses yourself? That sounds like a lot of work.
I never even look for my umbrella unless I’ve heard it’s going to rain, so I don’t think I’d get much use out of this product.