For centuries, the basic design of the humble umbrella remained largely untouched. We are all familiar with the experience of wrestling with a flimsy canopy in a sudden gust of wind, only for it to flip inside out and leave us soaked. It has long been a tool of necessity rather than a device of innovation. However, the last few years have ushered in a quiet revolution in rain gear engineering....
For centuries, the basic design of the umbrella remained largely unchanged. It was essentially a stick, some ribs, and a canopy of fabric designed to keep the rain off your head. We have all accepted this standard design, along with its flaws. We accept that it might flip inside out in a gust of wind, that we might leave it behind on a bus, or that the metal ribs might eventually snap. But we...
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