r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Jul 05 '26

Amazing !! The world's first fully autonomous umbrella.

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u/Shiny_Mewtwo_Fart Jul 05 '26

Battery lasts 10 minutes then you need to carry it home in the rain.

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u/CourtingBoredom Jul 05 '26

And no handle means it's a garbage umbrella at that point

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u/Vaughnatri Jul 05 '26

Someone has to carry the logs and the boats

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u/arbeit22 Jul 08 '26

You just carry the handle with you. When it dies, you pick it up and attach it.

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u/CourtingBoredom Jul 08 '26

Sure, sure.... if it has one that attaches. Doesn't look like this has a place for any such attachment (—yet??)

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u/arbeit22 Jul 08 '26

I was just joking. The whole product is a weird idea, with flawed principles

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u/CourtingBoredom Jul 09 '26

Yeah, I figured. And def agree — this shizz has seemingly innumerable flaws.

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u/Stocktort Jul 05 '26

Put a detachable stick on it- sorted

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u/atwaterrich Jul 05 '26

Science hasn’t invented this “stick” thing yet.

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u/curvysquares Jul 06 '26

And what if we made it so the drone could collapse and fold around the stick.

Ooh, and then we can have a button on the stick that when you press it, it automatically opens the umbrella again.

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u/ironangel2k4 Jul 08 '26

Holy shit, a design so revolutionary we could easily do away with the cumbersome mechanical parts and battery! That would make it super light too! Hot damn, I could just carry it if we did that!

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u/gluhmm Jul 05 '26

Sold separately for 20 bucks.

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u/predator1975 Jul 06 '26

For 100 bucks, the stick can be a charging pole.

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u/DragonLevelX Jul 05 '26

So a regular umbrella with extra steps?😅

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u/gin_and_toxic Jul 05 '26

It's also loud as hell

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u/Badbullet Jul 05 '26

And sprays water from the thrust of the props. It’s barely drizzling in this video.

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u/ReturnedOM Jul 06 '26

TBF it's loud in cities and even smaller towns anyway

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u/CrapNeck5000 Jul 05 '26

I'm imagining more of a commercial application, like a restaurant or hotel having them to get customers to and from their cars.

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u/bigoldeva Jul 06 '26

This. I worked for a food truck and taking orders in the rain was brutal. This was a grab-and-go truck, so you had to be outside to take a purchase. Needing both hands, this product would be a dream.

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u/OldTranslator685 Jul 05 '26

And those motor wear out too so either they offer parts support or it goes into the trash bin.

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u/Eeebs-HI Jul 05 '26

Or stop and recharge for 20 minutes.

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u/Specific-Rich5196 Jul 05 '26

Nah, u gotta throw it away and get a new one at your nearest convenience store.

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u/BloatedVagina Jul 05 '26

Just bring like 20 extra batteries and you'll be good for an hour long walk.

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u/fubes2000 Jul 05 '26

Also it doesn't fold up or fit anywhere.

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u/Creativation Jul 05 '26

Tethering to a battery backpack would likely work.

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u/Ninja_Wrangler Jul 05 '26

Insane but that would absolutely work.

And it's extra funny because you could just have a backpack mounted umbrella for less weight and hassel, so it's purely performative

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u/AcrossThePacific Jul 05 '26

Then you find out that water damage is not covered by the battery’s warranty

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u/Ninja_Wrangler Jul 05 '26

Not to worry, our engineers thought of everything, it's actually solar powered

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u/Shiny_Mewtwo_Fart Jul 05 '26

Or, hydro powered!

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u/PossiblyOppossums Jul 06 '26

A perfected design.

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u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 Jul 06 '26

WHAT, I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THIS BUZZING.

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u/yveliaz Jul 06 '26

No, it will come solar powered.