Jun 07

Airbus Bag2Go smart luggage wields GPS, RFID to skip airport hassles

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Airbus Bag2Go smart luggage can check itself in, skip baggage claim video

Many of us avoid flying with checked baggage when possible, and for good reason: even a simple delay can sour a whole trip. Airbus’ new Bag2Go prototype could save us from having to pack light, however. The smart luggage carries a raft of sensors that work with an iOS app to bypass the usual airport drudgery. Its RFID chip lets travelers check in their bag and link it to every step of their itinerary; in theory, couriers can ship baggage to the hotel at a lower cost than usual. Bag2Go should also provide some reassurance through GPS tracking and alerts to any possible tampering. Airbus is still early into development, but it foresees a business model where customers can either buy a Bag2Go suitcase at a premium or rent one for a long vacation. As for us? We’ll just be happy if our luggage avoids an unexpected detour to Belize.

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Via: MacRumors, Australian Business Traveller

Source: Design Q (Vimeo)

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Jan 03

Micro Scooter Luggage Helps Make Airports Less Boring, More Dangerous

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Airports aren’t much fun, especially if your flight is delayed or you are rushing to make a connecting flight. That’s one of the reasons why this scooter luggage looks pretty cool. You can scoot around, with a coffee in one hand and making your way through the sea of people sauntering slowly to their gates.

micro scooter luggage

Micro Scooter Luggage was developed by Kickboard in collaboration with Samsonite and has a hard-side construction. Its 26L capacity and folding handle make it an approved carry-on. But its main feature is the three-wheeled, folding scooter board attached to the bottom of the bag.

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I don’t know what the TSA will say about this thing, and how they’ll respond when you scoot up to security – probably with a full cavity search, but it looks like a smart and fun idea anyhow.

It costs $249.99(USD) and is available at the Kickboard’s US website, or on Amazon.

[via Uncrate]

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Sep 29

This Crazy Baggage Roller Coaster Takes Your Bags For a Record-Breaking Ride [Video]

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For the most part, traditional conveyor-based baggage-delivery systems work just fine, but they are pretty slow, which can throttle your throughput. That’s suddenly not a problem if you treat your bags to a kart-based roller coaster that reaches speeds up to 22mph (600 meters per minute). Airplanes won’t be the only things that are flying, figuratively anyway. More »

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Sep 29

Baggage Conveyor System Zips Bags Along at 22MPH

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How many times have you been at the airport and waited what seemed like an eternity for your bags to show up. Oftentimes, this is due to the long, slow process of unloading bags from the gate and driving them all the way to the baggage claim area. This new baggage conveyor system hopes to speed up that ponderous system and make it more efficient.

daifuku baggage conveyor

Daifuku’s Baggage Tray System can move bags at speeds up to 600 meters-per-minute. To put that in perspective, that’s a speedy 22 miles per hour. Sure, Usain Bolt can run faster, but probably not with a bag strapped to his back (though the Cheetah robot might be able to.) Anyhow, here’s a video of the system in action, showing off just how fast it truly is.

I certainly wouldn’t want to try and catch up to a bag moving around on the fast straightaway right behind the guy in the video.

The baggage trays in the conveyor have RFID tags on them so their location can be monitored, as well as the position of each individual bag placed on the trays. Daifuku also offers equipment to automatically load and unload the conveyor. In addition to being useful for airports, this system could be very handy for moving parts around quickly in large manufacturing operations.

[via DigInfo.TV]


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Sep 09

Jaktogo Lets You Wear Your Excess Baggage

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Feel free to correct me on this, but I find that a lot of things I want or need are way cheaper overseas. Maybe it’s the huge import taxes or the markup that retailers put on the goods once they reach me here (in the Philippines,) but I know a lot of people who hoard whenever they go out of the country (my family included.)

The consequence of hoarding is having to pay excessive excess baggage fees when it’s time to head back home. Of course, you can avoid that by just shipping all your extra stuff home. And for the things you just have to hand carry, there’s the Jaktogo.

jaktogo wearable luggage
Like a Scottevest on steroids, the Jaktogo is an outrageous, even atrocious-looking garment that will make you look like you’re wearing a giant-sized garbage bag. But it can carry up to 33 pounds of stuff, so that has to count for something.

Jaktogo is available online for €79.95 (~$102 USD).

[via Dvice]


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