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The Pileus looks very interesting, this device will make you the envy of everyone on a street corner. I can just imagine someone asking for directions, you could just say sure, please step under my Pileus Umbrella and I will show you how to get there.
“Pileus is an umbrella connected to the Internet to make walking in rainy days fun. Pileus has a large screen on the top surface, a built-in camera, a motion sensor, GPS, and a digital compass, and it provides two main functions; A Social Photo-sharing and A 3D Map Navigation.
The photo function is connected to a major web service “Flickr”. A user can take photo with a camera on the umbrella, and pictures are uploaded to Flickr in two minutes with context tags via a wireless Internet connection. User can also enjoy theirselves watching photo-streams downloaded from Flickr (and video-stream from YouTube on an advanced proto) with simple operation of wrist snapping.
3D Map Navigation is powered by “Google Earth”. Detecting a location data from GPS, it shows a 3D bird view around the user. User can walk-through a city comparing the 3D views and real sights, and the map is always updated by GPS and a digital compass. As it has a large screen, it create virtual reality but not immersive.”
Via: OhGizmo
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May 18th, 2007
sweet i likey, just hope it coesn’t get stolen!!!1
May 18th, 2007
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May 20th, 2007
To be James Bond worthy it needs to have a rocket launcher, and since it doesn’t, it isn’t.
June 6th, 2007
I am an umbrella manufacture from China, but I never did the umbrella as the above. It is novelty.
June 6th, 2007
Hi Anita,
Click on the link in the article to goto the creators site.
June 7th, 2007
Hi Alan Parekh,
Thank you.
I clicked the link,
but it is pitty that all the photoes can’t be showed out in my computer.
Good day !
This is my MSN : anita_openworld@hotmail.com