Cool idea, but I’ll just go with umbrella.
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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Literally yesterday i pitched to my wife that i cant wait till i have some personal drone that ca evaporate and deflect raindrops before they fall on me. Essentially creating a flying rain shield.
Did not expect to be a step closer today already.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Rootiest@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Eventually when the cool factor of light umbrellas wears off, traditional retro umbrellas will become cool again.
Master@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The reverse pink panther.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 10 months ago
Are you meaning using a laser on the drone to evaporate the drops? That causes issues. Though maybe one could just put a waterproof shield on a drone with a particularly strong motor to resist winds, to just act like a regular umbrella that you don’t have to carry. Seems impractically noisy and power hungry though
key@lemmy.keychat.org 10 months ago
The best part is when it runs out of battery and lands right on your head.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
I don’t think i mean all that much. Its mostly a fantasy/dream cause I regularly have to walk through rain.
I am not expecting anything like it in at least 15 years but as fan of the whole “post-scarcity ai automated luxury gay space communism“ i can imagine a few scifi ways to do it like directly shooting individual photons at every single drop that is calculated to otherwise hit me.