A rain jacket will only help bikers so much in a torrential downpour, leaving hands, forearms and legs largely exposed; thus, the ‘Boncho’, a shell that extends your sphere of warmth and dryness.

Designed by VANMOOF, the Boncho is lightweight, waterproof, breathable and extends over your handlebars to help keep your entire body clear of falling rain, all supported by a folding frame.

The compact system is designed to be tucked away when not in use. Arguably it still missing a key source of road moisture: splashing from tires, yours or otherwise (though a fender can at least address the former).

“BONCHO uses a unique folding structure, similar to pop up tents. The folding and unfolding is easy, making the package very small and thin, easy to carry inside almost every bag.”

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Bringing the weather right to your tabletop, this incredible box simulates sunrise, sunset, clouds, rain and even thunderstorms based on real forecasts, letting you see expected conditions in a dazzling new way.

Designed by Ken Kawamoto, the Tempescope puts a world’s worth of weather right in front of you, downloading details from the internet then recreating those effects inside a clear plastic box, including sunshine, fog or even the pulsing illumination of a lightning storm (as seen in the video below).

The project is open source and interested parties are welcome to download the design schematics in order to create their own, or can wait for a crowdfunding campaign later this year to buy a unit instead. The deployment is also versatile – you can select your own city and time delay, reflecting either current conditions outside or near-future forecasts for wherever you want (letting you keep in touch with weather at home or in your favorite city).

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People have been collecting rainwater for the purpose of drinking it since time began, but this might be the first time that a raincoat has been used as an on-the-go collection device. The Raincatch rain coat was designed by Hyeona Yang and Joshua Noble to provide clean drinking water to people without enough sense to come in from the rain.

The coat features a series of straws and attached filters along with some pockets for storing collected water. We aren’t sure if the designers have ever actually tried to collect rainwater, but unless there’s an absolute downpour happening the average person standing in the rain won’t collect a whole lot of water. Still, this is a novel design that makes good use of a natural resource.

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