It may be too late for most holiday shopping but here is a gift that no one will already have. It is an umbrella that forecasts if it might rain so you will not forget it. It is one of the latest products from Ambient Devices. “If the chances of rain are 100% the light in the handle will pulse 100 times per minute. If rain is less likely the pulse rate decreases proportionally.”
I wrote about them a while back, Glanceable Technology: Ambient Devices Opens a New Market. It provides a practical rendition of glanceable technology where physical devices undergo changes based on digital data fed to them through a pervasive low-cost wireless network. I now see that they have come a long way. Here is an idea to watch.
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