This Umbrella Boosts Your Signal AND Charges Your Phone
Steven Blum
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Is it a good idea to be standing under something that enhances radio signals? Who cares! It's a wacky prototype. The umbrella weighs just 800 grams and is recommended for music festivals, where you can lay it out and let it absorb the sun all day before plugging the handle into your smartphone.
What do you think about this prototype? Briliant or useless? Let us know below!
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Comments
How do I get one of those umbrellas?
This is good idea for clean solar energy.
to each his/her own!
I only use umbrellas when it is raining...if its raining there is no sun...therefor no use of the solar panels
so, the idea is to lug around a huge clumsy umbrella on sunny days, like a bunch of eerie Michael Jackson clones, just to boost our cellphones? Awesome idea. Sounds like the folks at Vodafone have watched one too many episodes of "Get Smart".
Brilliant for super sunny Malta. You should carry out testing here & comparative study in England!!
Great for rainy England.
BRILLIANT!!!!! As someone who spends a lot of time outdoors this would both help protect from the sun and charge the phone. Would be a great umbrella for the golf course. Great idea. Not so great for use in thunderstorms though.