The “smart” suitcase weighs itself, charges the phone and opens by fingerprint
The French manufacturer of luggage and accessories presented at CES 2015 a “smart” suitcase, which has not only a retractable handle, but also built-in speakers, a biometric security system, a battery for charging gadgets on a journey, and the ability to report its location.
At CES, a variety of devices and technologies from the Internet of Things category, created for the home or office, were presented. But there was something for travelers - the world leader in the production of luggage and accessories, the company Delsey, introduced Pluggage . This is a “connected” suitcase, on which the company has worked in the past two years, and a prototype of which can be viewed on this video.
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What will Pluggage be capable of?
Auto weighing. The app will tell you how much your luggage weighs using the built-in scales. Will relieve from additional payment for an overload.
Charger: The built-in battery allows you to charge your smartphone at any time.
Positioning: A suitcase through the app will tell you how close it is to you. At least you will understand whether they loaded it on a plane or lost it somewhere.
Lighting system: Open the suitcase - and, lo and behold, it glows! Just like a fridge.
Flight Information: After entering information about your flight, the application will show the latest news.
Fingerprint opening: You can choose additional biometric protection - a fingerprint will be needed when opening the suitcase or when entering the application.
Checking the lock: The application will tell you if your suitcase is open. Suddenly a bottle of 270 rupees of Indian rum was stolen from him!
Weather forecast: After entering flight data into the application, it will inform you about the weather at the destination.
Built-in speakers: Suitcase can be used as a tape recorder, playing music from the speakers.
Travel Information: The function allows you to create a list of required places for inspection.
Not all of these functions are available out of the box, you have to choose the ones you need from the list. You can select them on the website , then dream that they will complete the specific functions and be able to embed them in the suitcase.
Deja vu?
Does the idea seem familiar, but does the suitcase vaguely resemble something? This is because back in October last year, a “smart” Bluesmart suitcase equipped with a GPS module, with a built-in battery for 15-18 thousand was presented for crowdfunding on Indiegogo . The project instead of the required 50,000 dollars collected 1 million 364 dollars with a penny, that is, 2730% of the original bar. From this we can conclude that people need bags of this type - they only need to be brought to the market.