Umbrellas may soon be given a new function

Absrtact: In addition to the rain, umbrellas may soon be given a new function, and Dutch scientists are studying an intelligent umbrella that can predict weather. "We have radars and satellites," said Dr Rolf Hut of the Dutch Delft Tech University, but we're not like

In addition to the rain, umbrellas may soon be "endowed" with a new feature, and Dutch scientists are studying an intelligent umbrella that predicts weather.

Dr Rolf Hut, from the Delft Polytechnic University in the Netherlands, said: We have radars and satellites, but we're not measuring the rain on the ground as we used to, so the agencies are reducing the number of rain gauges, which is a problem for those who are involved in water management because they can't get enough data. "He hopes to have a device that can collect the rainwater data and make weather judgments and warnings, and the umbrella is the best choice."

This smart umbrella installs a piezoelectric sensor (a device that converts atmospheric changes into energy) it can tell when the umbrella users will rain, and then the piezoelectric sensors will collect information about rainwater and send the data to smartphone applications via Bluetooth, and upload it to the system's cloud server.

Before that, for example, Wezzoo and weathersignal can use the data on their phones to share local weather information in real time.

Dr. Rolf Hut's smart umbrella project is still in the process of development and the prototype of the product has not been announced. He hopes to bring the technology to all the umbrellas, which means that when you open the moment, the data will start to be collected and pushed to your phone and uploaded to the cloud server.

This product reminds me of the motion, CEO Michael Buckwald of Leap-time, on Gmic 2014, who believes that the TV, bed, chair, thermometer, etc. around you can become intelligent, These devices can collect some very valuable data, and can feed back what we want, if they are all electronic this will be very promising, smart umbrellas is nothing more than a small branch of it.