High-tech umbrella that can tell you what the weather is outside

An illustration shows an umbrella with a built-in radio receiver in its handle that receives weather data from the Internet and lights up when it is going to rain, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 30, 2007.

Ambient Devices, which specializes in integrating Internet information into everyday products, has devised an umbrella with a built-in radio receiver in its handle that receives weather data for 150 U.S. locations from forecasting site Accuweather.com via a proprietary wireless network. Link

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