Flickr Umbrella
Researchers with Keio University's Okude Laboratory in Tokyo have developed an unlikely platform to showcase content from the burgeoning image website Flickr. The Flickr Umbrella, also known as Pileus (which refers both to the head of a mushroom and a cloud formation), can download and project still image and video content in real-time from Flickr or other websites using the umbrella fabric as the projection surface. Images are advanced with a simple flick of the wrist, which rotates the umbrella shaft a couple degrees. The umbrella also comes equipped with a simple camera mounted to the shaft, and a low-resolution photograph may be taken, uploaded to the Flickr website, and actively projected by the umbrella within two to three seconds. [Suggested by Steve West, Tokyo.]
If you need to cover a patio then market umbrellas are what you're looking for, though patio umbrellas might also fit your needs. You'll need to get a good umbrella stand to hold it up and you might want to go online to shop between the various patio umbrellas available out there.
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