Autumn compilation: what do you think of smart umbrellas?
Outside, of course, it’s rather cold than wet, but the season seems to have the potential to share a small selection of “smart umbrellas”. Suddenly, who cares.
Over the past ten years, almost everything familiar that surrounds us from hours to underwear, in general, has become smart. So it is not surprising that various modules began to integrate into the umbrella. In some cases, this may even be justified. For example, by connecting an umbrella with a smartphone, you can reduce the risk of loss.
The request “Smart umbrella” in Wordstat.yandex is not so voluminous: there are about 600 impressions in total. However, here you need to understand that in Russia this phrase has a certain umbrella model - “Umbrella, vice versa”, and almost all the extradition will lead to these accessories.
Truly “smart” umbrellas in our conditional geek understanding, however, will also be typed in a certain amount. And we decided to present them in this autumn selection.
Looking fluently, we can say that in the vast majority of cases, developers are looking for a weak spot in the user's forgetfulness. In this connection, the main thesis on which they push: you will not lose a smart umbrella.
For example, these include:
Davek Alert is an American smart umbrella with an integrated tag.
The umbrella itself usually looks, it will be convenient to take it with you because of the small size, but you do not need to charge it every time before leaving the house. Powered by a tablet battery for up to a year. Of the additional characteristics - the unique strength of fabric and steel. The cost is $ 135, or about 9 thousand rubles .
Weatherman is one of the pioneers of such an "Umbrella Engineering". Forbes wrote about the company at one time, and, apparently, other manufacturers picked up the idea.
The idea is about the same: you will not lose your umbrella.
The cost of umbrellas began at $ 65 for a small compact model and reached about $ 100 per cane, as far as we remember. The fact is that at present the company has refused to produce smart umbrellas, and an additional Bluetooth module will be delivered separately.
Kisha offers slightly more advanced functionality: in addition to reminding you that you forgot the umbrella, the application also tells the weather forecast.
Cost starts from $ 99 dollars , or approx. 7 thousand rubles.
Jonas offers similar opportunities and prices with a similar cane shape. Opus One smart umbrella runs on batteries from six months to a year, offers weather forecasts, alerts in case of disconnection and remembers the last location of the umbrella for a more convenient search.
Among other things, we can note a funny design - for example, the pen is made in the form of a gentleman's "face". The cost is at the level of 4990 rubles . Pre-order can be left on our website .
Blunt is a well-known brand of umbrellas that are expensive and without electronic filling. Among their advantages, for example, the ability to withstand almost a hurricane. Plus, they do not stick out sharp needles, which is also nice.
The official .com website redirects to Russian, but in Tor you can find a page with a tag that will make this umbrella smart. Umbrellas themselves cost from 5-6 thousand rubles, a tag separately costs $ 20. In general, losing an umbrella that costs so much is not very nice.
No matter how far-fetched the concept of the “Smart Umbrella” may seem, this has to do with reality - umbrellas are really often lost. Therefore, the idea of ​​"umbrella tag" seems to be logical. It is probably the easiest to implement and the most inexpensive.
How much should a good umbrella cost? - The question is rhetorical. Prices for umbrellas start with some cents, but for a long time such umbrellas do not serve - the bill goes literally for hours. My umbrella, for example, cost some two thousand and a few years ago, but it still works properly: the automatic mechanism is working properly, and there is only one bent spoke.
If you think about it, then perhaps you don’t want to lose it. However, I must say that the above are not the most strange and crazy ideas: in the desire to endow the umbrella with “smart characteristics” sometimes it comes to the ridiculous. Mention some options.
Since many of them initially existed at the conceptual level, only mentions remained in the network: there would be few links to sources.
IBrella is a smart umbrella that connects to the iPod and allows you to control tracks and volume from a pen.
My Day is an E-paper umbrella with an inner cover that can broadcast fun images.
Pileus (project site ) went even further - a Wi-fi umbrella that could load any content onto the internal screen. Not very safe, of course ...
A small summary
In general, it is curious, but it’s probably worth recognizing that the category of connected umbrellas has begun to take shape, and you can talk about it, there is someone to whom to compare with, etc. The most common form of a smart umbrella is a Bluetooth tag umbrella.
According to the descriptions, the characteristics given, it seems that the electronics itself, the simplest in general, does not add anything serious to the price - the umbrellas are made of high-quality materials, have a high degree of strength and are expensive in themselves. Therefore, for example, brands such as Blunt, Weatherman refused to integrate and make tags separately.
To artificially increase the value - in some applications the ability to view the forecast or reminders that “today we need to take an umbrella - it will rain” is added, but this also does not greatly affect the cost.
It would be interesting to know your opinion on this category. If possible, pay attention to a short survey. And, of course, do not forget to take an umbrella - autumn is!
Over the past ten years, almost everything familiar that surrounds us from hours to underwear, in general, has become smart. So it is not surprising that various modules began to integrate into the umbrella. In some cases, this may even be justified. For example, by connecting an umbrella with a smartphone, you can reduce the risk of loss.
The request “Smart umbrella” in Wordstat.yandex is not so voluminous: there are about 600 impressions in total. However, here you need to understand that in Russia this phrase has a certain umbrella model - “Umbrella, vice versa”, and almost all the extradition will lead to these accessories.
Truly “smart” umbrellas in our conditional geek understanding, however, will also be typed in a certain amount. And we decided to present them in this autumn selection.
Looking fluently, we can say that in the vast majority of cases, developers are looking for a weak spot in the user's forgetfulness. In this connection, the main thesis on which they push: you will not lose a smart umbrella.
For example, these include:
Davek Alert is an American smart umbrella with an integrated tag.
The umbrella itself usually looks, it will be convenient to take it with you because of the small size, but you do not need to charge it every time before leaving the house. Powered by a tablet battery for up to a year. Of the additional characteristics - the unique strength of fabric and steel. The cost is $ 135, or about 9 thousand rubles .
Weatherman is one of the pioneers of such an "Umbrella Engineering". Forbes wrote about the company at one time, and, apparently, other manufacturers picked up the idea.
The idea is about the same: you will not lose your umbrella.
The cost of umbrellas began at $ 65 for a small compact model and reached about $ 100 per cane, as far as we remember. The fact is that at present the company has refused to produce smart umbrellas, and an additional Bluetooth module will be delivered separately.
Kisha offers slightly more advanced functionality: in addition to reminding you that you forgot the umbrella, the application also tells the weather forecast.
Cost starts from $ 99 dollars , or approx. 7 thousand rubles.
Jonas offers similar opportunities and prices with a similar cane shape. Opus One smart umbrella runs on batteries from six months to a year, offers weather forecasts, alerts in case of disconnection and remembers the last location of the umbrella for a more convenient search.
Among other things, we can note a funny design - for example, the pen is made in the form of a gentleman's "face". The cost is at the level of 4990 rubles . Pre-order can be left on our website .
Blunt is a well-known brand of umbrellas that are expensive and without electronic filling. Among their advantages, for example, the ability to withstand almost a hurricane. Plus, they do not stick out sharp needles, which is also nice.
The official .com website redirects to Russian, but in Tor you can find a page with a tag that will make this umbrella smart. Umbrellas themselves cost from 5-6 thousand rubles, a tag separately costs $ 20. In general, losing an umbrella that costs so much is not very nice.
No matter how far-fetched the concept of the “Smart Umbrella” may seem, this has to do with reality - umbrellas are really often lost. Therefore, the idea of ​​"umbrella tag" seems to be logical. It is probably the easiest to implement and the most inexpensive.
How much should a good umbrella cost? - The question is rhetorical. Prices for umbrellas start with some cents, but for a long time such umbrellas do not serve - the bill goes literally for hours. My umbrella, for example, cost some two thousand and a few years ago, but it still works properly: the automatic mechanism is working properly, and there is only one bent spoke.
If you think about it, then perhaps you don’t want to lose it. However, I must say that the above are not the most strange and crazy ideas: in the desire to endow the umbrella with “smart characteristics” sometimes it comes to the ridiculous. Mention some options.
Since many of them initially existed at the conceptual level, only mentions remained in the network: there would be few links to sources.
IBrella is a smart umbrella that connects to the iPod and allows you to control tracks and volume from a pen.
My Day is an E-paper umbrella with an inner cover that can broadcast fun images.
Pileus (project site ) went even further - a Wi-fi umbrella that could load any content onto the internal screen. Not very safe, of course ...
A small summary
In general, it is curious, but it’s probably worth recognizing that the category of connected umbrellas has begun to take shape, and you can talk about it, there is someone to whom to compare with, etc. The most common form of a smart umbrella is a Bluetooth tag umbrella.
According to the descriptions, the characteristics given, it seems that the electronics itself, the simplest in general, does not add anything serious to the price - the umbrellas are made of high-quality materials, have a high degree of strength and are expensive in themselves. Therefore, for example, brands such as Blunt, Weatherman refused to integrate and make tags separately.
To artificially increase the value - in some applications the ability to view the forecast or reminders that “today we need to take an umbrella - it will rain” is added, but this also does not greatly affect the cost.
It would be interesting to know your opinion on this category. If possible, pay attention to a short survey. And, of course, do not forget to take an umbrella - autumn is!
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