April 24, 2006
Bag reminds owner of forgotten items
A team of students of the Simon Fraser University in Canada is developing a handbag that can remind you of items you have forgotten to put in your bag. The bag consists of an LED display that shines through the bag’s fabric, and a radio frequency reader inside the bag. Each item that is to be put in the bag is tagged with a RFID (radio frequency sensor), that gets scanned when putting the item in the bag. If an item is missing, the LED display will light up and show a representation of the missing item.
The team is also working on several other bag prototypes, for example a solar powered bag that transforms sunlight into electricity which is then used to light up the interior of the bag at night to make it easier to find things inside.