Video: Polite Umbrella Contracts To Avoid Poking Others In The Eye

Video Link. This This cleverly-designed umbrella allows you shrink to fit the sidewalk.. (Thanks, Stephen Lenz)

11 Comments

Anonymous Anonymous

#1 – 10:53 AM June 11, 2009

it's a clever idea, but the only people who would have the presence of mind to pull on the cords and actually use the advantages of the umbrella are the same ppl that are watching enough to avoid hitting ppl to begin with. it's something cool, but it doesn't really solve a problem.

stabby13

#2 – 11:16 AM June 11, 2009

I wish everyone in Tokyo had one of these. Being just over 6ft tall puts a very high percentage of umbrella tips at my eye level there.

muteboy

#3 – 11:17 AM June 11, 2009

Golf Umbrellas - the SUVs of the sidewalk

hku

#4 – 12:33 PM June 11, 2009

My rude umbrella
lashes out while passersby
cower in terror!

Guy

#5 – 8:41 PM June 11, 2009

Needs an automatic, proximity-sensing mechanism.