Nubrella: We come in peace!

Juniper Foo | Feb 21, 2008

Who says the humble umbrella hasn't gone places? Remember the NanoNuno Umbrella with nano technology? Or the windproof designer SENZ brollie?

In fact, there's even a whole slew of weird umbrella inventions intended to give them their second wind. Which leads us to the latest, the nubrella (US$59.99), which personally sounds like a spore culture.

This umbrella of the 21st century touts itself as "the ultimate weather protector". It claims to "stop rain, wind, snow and extreme cold", "keep your head, face and shoulders drier than ever", and blow you over with its "first true handsfree umbrella in the world", all thanks to a new patent-pending shoulder straps and offset handle design.

Which is all good, if you don't mind looking like a goldfish-bowl Martian right out of Mars Attacks!, while the other two-thirds of you attempt to keep dry and warm. "We come in peace! We come in peace!"