On days like today, it's easy not to forget your umbrella as you race to the door and out into a downpour. However, I'm sure just like me, you've been caught on more than one occasion without your umbrella when the skies deceive you with sunshine. Shortly after you enter the outdoors, you find yourself getting drenched from head to toe (suddenly walking through Park Slope last summer in a torrential rain comes to mind). The Ambient Umbrella's high tech gadgetry makes it not only an item of necessity, but also your best fashion accessory on these dreary, rainy days.

Embedded in the handle of this stylish umbrella is a wireless data-radio that connects to AccuWeather.com. When rain (or snow, drizzle and thunderstorms) are in the forecast, the chip receives the data and pulses blue to remind you to grab the umbrella on your way out the door. The Ambient Umbrella's canopy is also "gust-resistant" and can withstand those pesky New York City windgusts without collapsing on you.

Staying dry never looked so good--don't you look smart.

You can find this ingenius umbrella at www.ambientdevices.com.

* Photo Credit: AmbientDevices.com