The Campus Party 2008 in Valencia Pileus present, a device developed by the University of Keio which allows web browsing, taking pictures and function as a GPS.
That the Japanese are about love of technology there is no doubt. They consume thousands of electronic cachivaches every 24 hours. In addition, it is not surprising rise in the country of the rising sun and look through the newspapers to find new inventions are ready to revolutionize the entire world. However, the vast majority of these reach only rarely in the West and many times we have to conform watching them on TV.
But this year things will change. Campus Party in 2008, which is being held from July 28 to August 3 at Feria Valencia, you can view, play and enjoy one of these innovative advances. This is Pileus, an umbrella that allows non-lose-it surf the Internet in the rain, taking pictures and then upload them to Youtube's servers and Flicker or watching television, among other features.
Pileus is controlled through the mango, which incorporates a projector to reproduce the images on the canvas umbrella. Thanks to its powerful lens can be viewed web pages and television programs with great detail. In the picture accompanying this information can be seen on the left, to Marge Simpson in a chapter of the series of the popular yellow family. On the right, pictures with Japanese advertising content.
The technology, which is fed Pileus to deliver this content is, of course, the WiFi. Thanks to wireless devices, the umbrella is connected to the internet to offer multimedia products such as photos, videos or films.
The invention also serves as a GPS because it locates the position where we are. In addition, you can set an itinerary to incorporate the technology Google Maps. In this way, if a person does not find its destination, Pileus operate as a perfect street.
Passion for the network
The invention is the work of Keio University (Japan). This is a known hotbed Japanese power of Brainiacs not leave anyone indifferent with their creations. This time their students are preferred by designing an everyday object that would be connected to the network, one of the passions of the Japanese, outside the home.
In fact, Japan is one country with one of the Internet penetration rates highest in the world according to the International Telecommunication Union (ICU). The country is emerging with 87.5 million people connected to the network or 68.7% of the total population. In addition to the report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reveals that one in three Japanese Internet users have access to the broadband network.
After giving a lot to coconut, students at the University of Keio bet by creating this umbrella for shorter waiting times at bus stops and walks through the streets of Tokyo. As of July 28, this invention, and many others can enjoy at the Campus Party, the citation of reference for lovers of the digital culture.
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