So Japan receives a good amount of rainy days, so to spice up their gloomy climate the internet umbrella was introduced to do just that. One of the many focuses around the umbrella idea was to create hardware that would be workable in such limited space. Just like a cellphone, but with a more useful everyday object. As design contributes to the idea, it isn’t the most important. The modules and the interaction are number one. Pileus also has a new GPS option. It allows users to share their walks in the rain and also receive a map of the present area they are in.

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