New Tech: Flying Umbrella You Don’t Have To Hold

There's been a crazy new invention in the tech world--a flying umbrella that you don't have to hold. Welcome to 2026!

This is a pretty rad piece of new tech. Does your arm ever get sore when you're holding up an umbrella? I can relate. Now, you don't have to worry about that anymore thanks to the new flying umbrella. It hovers above you so there's no hands necessary. Check out a video showing off the new tech shared by I Build Stuff on YouTube below.

The flying umbrella was invented by YouTuber John Xu. According to New Atlas, John first built a drone-powered umbrella back in 2024 but it had to be flown by a handheld controller so it wasn't exactly hands-free. Sounds like his audience really let him hear about their complaints.

So, he re-designed it to make it autonomous. Now, people seem to have a lot negative things to say about it. Read more and see how he made it shared by New Atlas here.