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Your Own Plastic Weather Bubble: Nubrella Hits the Streets
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by PEP | March 4, 2008 at 06:23 am
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There are gadgets, and then there are -- GADGETS!
Tired of having your umbrella turn inside out? Of having cold wind and beating rain slash you under your umbrella?
Inventor Paul Kaufman is out to change all that. His Nubrella is a hands-free plastic bubble that he says will protect the wearer from wind chill, wind, rain, and snow.
How does it work? Video coverage here.
Hammacher Schlemmer picked the Nubrella up for its Father's Day catalog. With the big HS behind it, will Nubrella take off?
Note: living in a state with lots of extreme weather action, I want one. Seriously.
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at 06:58 on March 4th, 2008
On the flip side, engadget calls it "tomorrow's fashion mistake, today." Ubergizmo calls it a "goldfish bowl" but says it will keep you dry.
at 07:32 on March 4th, 2008
I won't be satisified until government takes proper action against rain (sarcasm).
at 15:39 on March 9th, 2008
PEP, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:15 on March 9th, 2008
Thanks, cityskip! I'm still contemplating the looks I'd get with that.