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I'd take a wild guess here.
Most of us travel in economy class and are likely to have a handcarry bag in-flight. And we know the majority of carriers provide passengers with miserable and flat pillows, which some airlines now even charge a fee for.
Enter Olive's Take Me Anywhere Suitcase designed to look like a pillow that could possibly let you cruise along to a slightly more pleasant journey.
Available on online handmade-goods marketplace Etsy for $40, the maker is willing to customize a color of your preference for the 15-inch by 11-inch travel case (smaller than an average cabin-size suitcase) and even sew a personalized luggage tag on.
The suitcase, made from natural linen and felt, doesn't look like it'd fit many things after being stuffed with cluster-free fillings, but you know us. Nothing will get in the way of a restful slumber.
(Via Crave Asia)
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Ever had to lug your luggage up a few flights of stairs? Not exactly a welcome task after a long flight. If so, you'll be happy to hear about the Climbing Up Suitcase by designer Woo Moonhyung.
A rubber belt designed as a continuous track covers the body of the luggage along its two sides, which makes it easier for the entire suitcase to touch the stairs--and to be pulled from both front and back.
The suitcase has a hard-shelled body (you know, just in case you drop it down those stairs in a fit of travel exhaustion), and it opens and closes with a digital lock for maximum security.
The Climbing Up was among the design concept award winners in the 2008 international competition for the Red Dot Design Award. Hopefully for those who travel to stair-intensive sites, it'll move beyond the concept phase soon.
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From the library to the golf course, the idea of personal robots that follow its masters around seems to be ready for prime time. And nowhere would they be more convenient than for luggage.
Alas, that day has yet to come, but a company called Live Luggage is taking a step in the right direction. Calling its showcase product "the world's first power-assisted suitcase," the luggage has built-in motors in the wheels and an "Anti-Gravity handle" that supposedly distributes weight in all the right places, according to CrunchGear.
The motors power up only when the wheels tilt at certain angles, making it somewhat automatic. But we're still holding out for "Tony," the fully robotic Russian suitcase.
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You're block captain of the neighborhood watch, a hurricane is barreling through your ward, and FEMA is still looking for its waders. But this time you're prepared.
That's because you're packing the Base X Suitcase Operations Center, a set-up for a 4- to 10-person emergency response team that puts you immediately in charge. The SOC is a self-contained wireless visual information powerhouse, according to Base X.
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The system can be completely contained in three rugged cases and deployed anywhere, holding everything you need to access the Internet via Ku satellite or a commercial wireless card. Keep track of your minions while getting your message out, complete with real-time video of the situation (PDF).
Included are video display systems, wireless projectors, Panasonic Toughbook laptops, wireless cellular router, DMZ port, DHCP support, auto negotiation, and firewall protection--everything you need to get the attention of Sean Penn and Spike Lee. Just make sure you bring your own boat.
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While we appreciate our bosses' efforts to keep us productive at all times with such equipment as desk-equipped luggage, there's just one problem: We're too lazy to lug it around.
But those industrious new capitalists of the former Soviet Union have come up with a potential solution, much to our chagrin. They're developing a robotic suitcase that supposedly will "use its robotic brain, internal gyroscope, light detectors, and both sound and infrared sensors to follow you around without bumping into you or anything else," according to the Raw Feed. Using a special card that you carry as a sensor, the Russian-made "Tony," as they've named it, can even avoid falling down steps.
The robo-case, which is hoped to go on sale in 2009, will cost an estimated $2,000. Even if that exorbitant price were worth considering, we just couldn't get past a valet named Tony following us around, robotic or otherwise.
Before the Segway, one of the more popular inventions in eco-friendly personal transportation was the folding bicycle. But some people (read: designers) are just never satisfied. So designer Gosha Galitsky developed a concept for a "briefcase bike," according to Treehugger. The bike, when folded, can be toted along like a pullman suitcase. We can't wait to hear what airport security will think of this.
(Photo: Gosha Galitsky)
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