Your lifelong troubles of multitasking while holding an umbrella may soon come to an end. Japanese thermoplastics company Asahi Power Service seems to have turned to unmanned aerial vehicles to create ...

A Japanese company is taking drone ownership to the next level with the development of an autonomous umbrella that follows a user's head. The Free Parasol uses a camera and artificial intelligence to ...

Gordon Gottsegen is a tech writer who has experience working at publications like Wired. He loves testing out new gadgets and complaining about them. He is the ghost of all failed Kickstarters. We all ...

The Asahi Power Service Company has invented a drone- and AI-powered umbrella designed to hover over people and follow them as they walk. It's called the "Free Parasol." The company hopes to sell it ...

If you’re planning to spend a lot of time outdoors this summer, you’ll want to take extra precautions against harmful UV rays. When you leave your skin vulnerable to prolonged UV exposure, you’ll be ...

For centuries, mankind has had to block out the harmful effects of the sun’s rays by holding a parasol. For too long, those cumbersome bumbershoots have occupied the valuable real-estate of our hands ...

Why waste a fashion-forward umbrella on a dreary rainy day? Instead call it a parasol and show off the beautiful colors, fabrics and embroideries that have become a part of umbrella design. Sun ...

Ethimo’s outdoor furniture expertise comes to life in the ‘Free’ collection of parasols: featuring a solid aluminium frame (with multiple weights available for bases, depending on its use), it is ...