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Stories selected from published Ambient Devices patents, using drawings as a way to see ideas beyond the products that eventually reached the public.
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Things · Umbrellas
Umbrellas That Read the Weather: Ten Patents for Reinventing Rain Gear
Let a drone carry it overhead. Wear it on the body. Cover a dog. Deploy it from a wheelchair. Measure rain, show a forecast, light up, spray cooling mist, and even harvest wind. Ten US patent drawings show the umbrella becoming much more than a roof held in one hand.
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