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'Umbrella Drone' can keep the rain off you

By T.K. Randall
January 24, 2017 ·  9 comments

Fed up of carrying your own umbrella ? There's a drone for that... Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 Thomas Leuthard The unorthodox (though ingenious) contraption, which is known as the Umbrella Drone, is linked by GPS to the mobile phone of its owner and is able to navigate completely autonomously.

Despite possessing only thirty minutes of battery life, the drone will follow you around when it rains while making every effort to ensure that its umbrella stops the downpour from spoiling your day."[For] those who don't want to juggle managing an umbrella while carrying out their everyday tasks, then the innovative Umbrella Drone is a gadget not to be without," said Tim Morley of Drones Direct.

There is one small snag however - the device is priced at a whopping £1,299.

It's not the first time the company has offered a super-expensive drone for sale either. Its gold plated DJI Phantom 4 Camera Drone for instance is currently selling for the princely sum of £19,999.97.

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