The girls will appreciate what a great invention this is!
 

Solar handbag lights up contents


The contents of a woman's handbag have long remained a mystery - often even to the owner - but a new design offers to shine a light on the problem.

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A solar-powered handbag designed by a student from Brunel University promises to make finding keys and other items at the bottom of a bag easier.

The handbag, dubbed Sun Trap, uses a solar cell attached to the outside of the bag to trap energy from sunlight.

The energy is stored in an internal battery which lights up the lining.

The lining is made from an electroluminescent material similar to that found in mobile phones and is lit up by the bag's zip which acts as a switch.

The bag goes dark when the zip is closed or after 15 seconds if it is accidentally left open.

Safe and useful

A secondary use of the portable battery is as an emergency charger for mobile phones and other wireless devices.

Safety and usefulness were uppermost in Rosanna Kilfedder's mind when she came up with the design.

"I had the idea for Sun Trap handbag after seeing so many friends frantically searching their bags for house keys, usually on a dark doorstep," said Ms Kilfedder.

"I also noticed friends using their mobile phones like torches to examine the contents of their bag, which gave me the idea of lighting up the bag," she said.

The battery should not need conventional charging as it will be topped up every time the bag is outside, but it does have the facility to be charged from the mains as a back-up.

Ms Kilfedder's bag design has already won a competition held at Brunel University aimed at finding a new generation of entrepreneurs.

Brunel Enterprise Centre, an organisation set up to help students develop their ideas commercially, is helping her apply for a patent and eventually get the bag on the High Street.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4268644.stm

Ms Kilfedder is gonna be rich. That's a kick ass idea.

I love that it charges your mobile too.

My gf should DEFO get one of these.


The handbags she has are all tiny, yet she can never find shit in it when we're out... :disgust

My problem is that I have a lot of black items in my bag and my bag is black. That is bad enough in the daylight but at night it is near impossible.

Whatever she is looking for in hers, it always seems to be the very last thing in the bag. She can empty everything out of it, but it's ALWAYS the last thing in there...

I need one of those invented for my backpack..4000 cubic inches ia a big ass "purse" to dig though and find something in the middle of the night. I dont carry a purse..usually my money in the pocket..or i use my camera bag if I am out and about.

nice idea

sweet i'd buy my wife that, pain in the ass waiting for her to find something.

Cool idea. Definitely a great gift for her. :)

Pretty solid invention that is, if you live somewhere else but Sweden.

It's about time!!!! :thumbsup

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