Japan ‘Drone-Brella’ Offers Hands-free Cover

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    • Publish Date: Jun 7 2018 11:25AM
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    • Updated Date: Jun 7 2018 11:25AM
Japan ‘Drone-Brella’ Offers Hands-free Cover

Tokyo: It’s the hands-free experience you never knew you needed — a Japanese company has developed a drone-powered parasol it says can hover over users, protecting them from the sun.

The drone-powered sunshade — being developed by Asahi Power Service — will initially target those in need of a handsfree head covering wider than your average hat, like golfers. The potential headaches posed by crashes, and regulations governing autonomous aircraft, mean the company expects the product will initially be used in closed private spaces, like golf courses. “I decided to develop it as I don’t like to hold an umbrella,” said company president Kenji Suzuki. At 150 centimetres wide, the parasol prototype weighs five kilos, and so far can only fly for five minutes on one charge.

Asahi Power Service is hoping to quickly extend flying time to at least 20 minutes, partly by making the device lighter, Suzuki said. “The first prototype we made was just a drone attached to a regular umbrella,” he said. “We are now testing the thirdgeneration prototype and trying to overcome (the technological challenges of) hovering in a stable manner above the head of the user and then chasing the user.” The drones are fitted with cameras that help the parasols track their owners and stay over the correct head. AFP

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Bhumika Arora Hansraj Model School

What an idea Sir ji! Just as rain s fall from the air themselves, this umbrella will too hang itself in the air. #go techy

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