Redesigned umbrella is smaller than an iPhone

The'Simprella' weighs less than a few Snickers' bars. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. If you're anything like this author, you've probably burned through your fair share of umbrellas over the years. Large, cumbersome, and often prone to breaking in the wind, umbrellas are one of those necessities of life that, more often than not, end up creating a bigger annoyance than the problem they're meant to solve. A startup called Simp Design is trying to do just that with its new iPhone-sized " Simprella ."