Responsible bag of the owner

2005/01/30 Galarraga Aiestaran, Ana - Elhuyar Zientzia

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Note bag: "You have taken the keys and the purse but you have forgotten the mobile phone."

MIT is the U.S. technology institute of Massachusetts. Each year they invent eleven devices, apparatus and apparatus, both more original and advanced. With the latest technology, they try to respond to the needs of consumers. And this time, once again, they have gotten the device that anyone wants to imagine, although no one had thought they needed it. This wonderful device makes it each one to suit. But what is it? Well the bag that takes care of the owner. Of those who hang from the shoulder, but intelligent.

Indicate what you have inside this bag and what you do not have. For example, if the owner has forgotten to pick up the keys, the bag itself will tell him that he lacks the keys. Or if someone takes the mobile phone without noticing the owner, the bag will notify you immediately. In addition, the bag can provide additional information as it can be programmed on demand. For example, you can say what time it does and if it is convenient to catch the umbrella. The bag uses the word to give all this information and the owner can also talk about the bag, as it is able to understand what said.

Make your bag

Everyone can make their own bag, adapted to their tastes and needs.

The inventors have given you the name of bYOB (build Your Own Bag), that is, make your bag. The bag is formed by scraps. Each of them easily joins the other, and all are made of a special fabric. In fact, they have an interface within the fabric to interact with the outside.

The chatals incorporate sensors capable of detecting what interests the owner: temperature, luminosity, humidity... This allows to detect the conditions of the bag in the environment. Thus, if the owner wants it, in conditions of little light, the scraps can give light, avoiding so that the owner has difficulties to see those inside the bag.

Soon the suitcase itself will tell you if you are late or on time.

The bag also detects objects. To do this, it uses radiofrequencies and alerts the owner when it does not detect any of the objects programmed through the light or word contained in the chatals.

Those in love with the computer and the Internet will also appreciate a new application provided by MIT: the interface of each section can be connected to the Internet and the computer. This connection is wireless and is capable of synchronizing with objects that enter the network. Thus, both from the work computer screen and from the mobile phone, the owner can check what is in the bag he has left at home. Or you can pass the information you want to the bag: about the time, about the Bilbao stock exchange, calendar, agenda...

Technical design

To interact with the environment, stock exchange chatals have an interface.

The retales are square or triangular and easily join each other. They have prepared several prototypes to adapt to the tastes of men and women and to be able to choose the one they like. In this sense, therefore, it has no great mysteries.

Innovation comes in the technical field. There are three types of reals: active, passive and creative. The assets and generators have a network of sensors, elements that work through light and microprocessors. On the contrary, passive reals have nothing to help maintain the structure.

When there is no light it lights up so you can easily see the interior.

The difference between active sections and generators is that the creators command over algorithms that control the application of other chatals. The aspect that is given to the generating piece varies according to the object that is made. For example, in the case of a bag, the generating tape is the tape that hangs from the shoulder, from which it controls others.

To prevent the bYOB from being too expensive, it has tried to use the cheapest and simplest technology. In addition, they have paid great attention to energy consumption and designed it to be used as little as possible. For example, if it had been designed to generate the same energy as each jacket, the cost would go up a lot. As a result, to get a cheaper product, the bag is equipped with rechargeable batteries.

From strapping basket to smart bag. That does evolution!

Therefore, the bag they have invented at MIT can be manufactured by yourself adjusted to your preferences and needs, you can select applications, the fabric is waterproof and washable, the design is aesthetic. Something else? Ah, yes, it's cheap. According to them, the goal was to create a bag adapted to the owner. And it seems they have achieved it. Will we find it on sale?

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