“ Carrying an Ultra Laser Umbrella, he walked out of the garage the car humming as it polished, into the dark rain outside in the alley. A cloud of mist covered the man, as his umbrella tracked every raindrop that would make contact with the man and instantly evaporated them before they could get the man wet.”
Tesla obtained a patent for something similar for use on their windshields: https://electrek.co/2021/09/08/tesla-patent-laser-windshield...
https://anonweblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/untitled-cyberpunk-w...
“ Carrying an Ultra Laser Umbrella, he walked out of the garage the car humming as it polished, into the dark rain outside in the alley. A cloud of mist covered the man, as his umbrella tracked every raindrop that would make contact with the man and instantly evaporated them before they could get the man wet.”
Published 14 years ago
I think the portable fusion reactor you'd need to power it would be a cooler invention.
Those a readily available in the cyberpunk future.