Solar-powered Handbag

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 26, 2005 @04:35AM from the i-want-my-solar-man-purse dept.

karvind writes "BBC reports that a student, Rosanna Kilfedder, from Brunel University has designed solar-powered handbag 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 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. A secondary use of the portable battery is as an emergency charger for mobile phones and other wireless devices."

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Duh. by Spy+der+Mann · 2005-09-26 04:45 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Wouldn't it be better if the handbags had a key compartment, and a cellphone compartment, with nice painted icons on the covers?

Oh no, they had to add expensive solar cells. Look if you want light on the freaking bag, why not just make it transparent on one side, or maybe add a stupid PLASTIC WINDOW instead of the solar cell?

Sheesh! Someone please delete this story as they just did with the "Windows broken" story a few minutes ago.