SURFING IN THE RAIN

Rainy day, I assume that most of people hates this day. Now it's not anymore, because this new technology! the internet umbrella was invented by two Japanese researchers. When the user walks along, they can surf the internet by controlling at the handle of the umbrella.

According to http://web-japan.org/trends/science/sci071003.html, this internet umbrella name in Pileus, the head of mushroom. Two researchers named Matsumoto Takahashi and Hashimoto Sho, they created this technology for walking on rainy days more enjoyable. Pileus has been showed in many countries, Such as, USA, France, and Austria. Moreover, Pileus won the innovation prize at Lava Virtual in Europe's virtual reality convention. This new technology has two functions. One can surfing the online photo-sharing and the handle can take pictures and upload them to the website by wireless connection. Furthermore, the umbrella can show the video from site Youtube. The other option is to help the user find their way by using Google Earth and then it show on displaying 3D map. All these functions can use easily by rotating the grip of the umbrella.

In my opinion, I think that this product is so creative. It's quite fun and it would be nice if everyone has this umbrella. People always up-to-date, and also relaxed from their works and rainy day. This kind of technology is a new thing for many people and the developers hopes the users will be able to view social information generated by other users anywhere in real time. Because the objectives of this product is “This product aims to enhance people’s everyday lives by synchronizing information on the Internet and in real places.”