Show your love for animals like never before by toting around one of these bags. They do away with all the usual added frills and designs and feature nothing else but a giant animal head.

Whether you’re a dog person or a cat lover, there’s a suitable bag for you. Bags with owls and raccoons are also available, if the usual canines and felines don’t appeal to you.

You can check out the gallery below for more available breeds and designs.

The one with the pug is my favorite. Which one is yours?

Each Animal Tote costs $40 (USD) from Etsy seller BENWINeWIN. You can also have one customized with your own pet’s face on it for $86. Also available as pillow cases, clutch purses, mouse pads, and more.

[via Incredible Things]

If you’re in danger of overspending every time you reach for your wallet, then the iBag might just be the thing you need. It’s an interactive wallet of sorts that seals itself shut in order to prevent its owner from spending money on non-essential stuff.

The iBag is dubbed as a “smart purse” that comes built with an Arduino processor and a real-time clock. The clock comes into factor as the bag uses that as the basis for sealing shut: at times when the shopper has been deemed to overspend, the bag can no longer be opened.

Finder.com.au’s iBag prototype has been designed to physically deter shoppers from accessing their wallets. The purse is also equipped with a GPS chip and LED lights that flash when a shopper gets too close to his or her favourite shops, or, as the company puts it: ‘when you’re entering a danger spending zone.’

RFID modules on the bag detect whenever the wallet leaves the purse, and a GSM module alerts someone about the shopper’s overspending habits (or tendency) as it happens.

You can find more information about the iBag here.

[via Geekologie]

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