An italian factory is beginning to making Neon umbrellas

http://www.tvrteleitalia.eu/dblog/artic ... icolo=1731
http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio ... lo/1899349


shame on the people that says that BR is only a movie...

probably the most here would need a little translation on the links above. in short, they say it's a new italian patent that would use a "new generation diode which is fed up by standard alkaline batteries..." and blah blah blah...

no mention to the fact that it's a 25 y.o. idea and it comes from Blade Runner

Heh. The one at ThinkGeek is less money and looks great. Oh yeah, it is also effective protection from light rain...I found out about that today.