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Fyi: The man is from Newton MA, USA. He is not the Apple Newton's inventor.
by nix0n 10y ago
Fyi: The man is from Newton MA, USA.
He is not the Apple Newton's inventor.
- seltzered_ 10y agoAlso, here's a video of the invention itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0nV2S5pO2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0nV2S5pO2I I like things that help battle the elements, but this isn't my cup of tea. It appears that he's also kickstarted the thing about three years ago (only to ~$10,000 in funding) and people are complaining about not receiving the item: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/36197580/finally-the-worlds-first-hands-free-umbrella-has-a/comments https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/36197580/finally-the-wo... My current system of dealing with rain in the Pacific Northwest is combining a well made rain jacket with a wool baseball cap (Ebbets Fields makes some) - it solves the problem of wearing glasses in the rain pretty well. There's probably some really niche uses for the nubrella, but there's other solutions already (camera rain covers, waterproof phones/phone cases/etc).
- bobbytherobot 10y agoI actually think this device would do little good for weather. * Rain can come at you from many more angles than just straight down * Wind will rip apart anything remotely a sail, like the top of his device * How do I put it on as I exit a car?
- dennisnedry 10y agoThank you, I kept looking for his name in the history of the Apple Newton.
- Hydraulix989 10y ago@dang, this actually was pretty confusing to me as well. Being that we're all on a tech/hacker forum, I also thought that "Newton inventor" meant that he invented the "Apple Newton."