@broadsheet_ie This creature made me smile on my wet walk to work this morning. twitter.com/RodiOL/status/…— Rodí O’Leary (@RodiOL) August 13, 2012
Summer Better Than Others
Umbrellettuce
Of course it’s not called an Umbrelletuce. That would be ridiculous.
This is the Vegetabrella from Japanese Design.
Green and wrinkly when folded, it changes to a ‘greenish yellow’ when unfurled.
Meanwhile, At The Ploughing Championship
Can we please stop doing the umbrella thing?
President Higgins (centre) with his aide de camp Colonel Brendan McAndrews and plougher Sean Tracey in New Ross, Wexford, earlier.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
Nowness
A very pleasing ‘umbrellanimation’ from experimental directors Luke White and Remi Weekes.
How Hot?
Vend Did That Happen?
Aerial Adriatic
Aerial views of the Beach Umbrella Massive at the seaside resorts of Italy’s Adriatic coast between Ravenna and Rimini by German photographer Bernhard Lang.
Use The Force
The Air Umbrella.
Yes.
“This nifty little hand-held device contains a lithium battery, a motor, and a fan, and together they work to create a continuous cycle of air that flows out from the tip. This air flow is strong enough to constantly deflect rain particles away from the user, and the [Chinese design] team says that two people can fit under it comfortably….”
Currently overfunded on Kick-starter
This new umbrella creates a force-field of air to protect you from the rain (Science Alert)