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Autonomous flying umbrella follows and shields users from rain and sunlight (www.designboom.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

You know what else you could use with two free hands? Use one to hold an umbrella. Seems a bit much for most people. Still cool though.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I was going to say the same: while cool I think we’re wasting a lot of resources reinventing stuff that doesn’t necessarily need reinventing.

    We’re in the middle of a climate crisis but digging up rare earth metals, assembling plastic pieces all for a self-moving umbrella doesn’t seem very in tune with nature.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    It'd make way more sense if this was an overall guard bot with anti-drone nets, a Taser, and pepper spray.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Isn’t that just a workaround for not solving social issues? Is there that much crime where you live?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Oh, the amount of actual crime is irrelevant and hypothetical; all I'm saying is that there would be so much energy put into sustaining a flying umbrella that it may as well be able to do multiple things at once to make it more worthwhile. We could equip it with lawnmower blades to make it capable of mowing lawns as well, etc.

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