/technologies/internet-of-things/b/blog/posts/weatherbrella---experiencing-brellazillaYou may recall that in my last post I described the umbrella business as being rather nasty -- I now have additional support for that theory. The umbrella on the right is the one I received from a company geared to weddings. Their site said returns wen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/internet-of-things/b/blog/posts/weatherbrella---experiencing-brellazillaMon, 12 May 2014 19:10:39 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d519e4ed-c310-4ff6-b339-20fc289ce1d0DAB1<p>Hi Leslie,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You are so good at explaining the &quot;unforeseen&quot; elements of making.</p><p>Take the handle off an umbrella, how hard could it be! <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-d519e4ed-c310-4ff6-b339-20fc289ce1d0/contentimage_5F00_3890.png:16:16]</span></p><p>Luckily you have the right level of persistence to go beyond initial failure and make it work.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is the umbrella shaft large enough to fit AAA cells?&nbsp; You might get more power if you can use the length to store the power.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17684&AppID=27&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/internet-of-things/b/blog/posts/weatherbrella---experiencing-brellazillaMon, 12 May 2014 18:20:41 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d519e4ed-c310-4ff6-b339-20fc289ce1d0Workshopshed1<p>A stack of coin cells?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You could make the hand grip longer and reproduce the part that mates with the shaft of the umbrella handle.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You&#39;ll be surprised how much you can get inside different things. </p><p>When I was a lad I mananged to get a whole AM radio inside a large pritt stick, the dial at the bottom which usually makes the glue rise up was the tuner.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.wilko.com/content/ebiz/wilkinsonplus/invt/1793440/1793440_l.jpg"><img class="jiveImage" height="278" src="http://www.wilko.com/content/ebiz/wilkinsonplus/invt/1793440/1793440_l.jpg" width="278" alt=" " /></a></p><p>I also made a flashing terminator eye with a coin cell and a flashing 5m LED and a prosthetic eye from a joke shop. </p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17684&AppID=27&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">