The Bag That Watches Your Wallet

Engineers at MIT have developed a bag that notifies you if your car keys, wallet or other items are missing.

“As well as keeping track of its contents, the bag also lights up in the dark and will soon be able to check weather forecasts to let you know when to pack an umbrella.

And, if you don’t fancy carrying it around, you could always wear it as a scarf that tells you if it might snow or a belt that gives you the news headlines instead.

The smart bag, called Build Your Own Bag (bYOB), is just one object that can be constructed using computerized fabric patches designed by a team of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab.”

This is a very usefuly technology that probably should have been developed a while ago. Very cool.

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