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solar bag

Sakku Solar Bags Made From Recycled Sails

Solar bags are a great way to charge all your gadgets while out and about, but Switzerland-based bag maker Sakku one ups the green aspect by making its bags out of recycled sails. Each Sakku Buddy comes stamped with a “story” listing the name of the lake or sea which the boat that used the sail is located. Each bag has a 2.5W solar panel and is big enough to contain a 17” notebook. Currently only available in Europe, the Buddy costs either $275 or $385, depending on whether you get the chargeable battery option. [Sakku US page via Coolest Gadgets]

1:00 PM on Sat Aug 2 2008
By Elaine Chow
2,343 views, 11 comments

Latest by Weihovah: @jkr2: you could pay w/ coins which are 100% recyclable more »

bags

iMac Thinks It's a Laptop Inside Reinda Leather Transport Bag

When the Feds are at the door and it's time to rip and run, what better way for the style- and safety-conscious hacker to make a protected getaway than with this all-leather handmade iMac Transport Bag (or apfeltaschen, as Reinda says) Then again, if you're that hardcore, why are you using an iMac? Guess this is for the regular folks who need to move their all-in-one, all the time. It's €90 ($140) for the 20" and €96 ($150) for the 24." [Product Page via Cool Hunting]

6:30 PM on Fri Aug 1 2008
By John Mahoney
2,678 views, 18 comments

Latest by alin0steglinski: ... Wow... Can ideas get stupider? more »

review

Lightning Review: Gama-Go's High Design Laptop Messenger Bags

The Gadget: Gama-Go's messenger bags, which are conveniently wide enough for a 15-inch laptop, its charger plus lots and lots of other gadget accessories. It's also got a nice water resistant outer material that makes it good for light showers. More »

2:40 PM on Thu Jul 31 2008
By Jason Chen
8,203 views, 31 comments

Latest by the_amazing_doug: wow. they really look like toys compared to the timbuk2 i bought last week. more »

gps

Light Bags LoJack Your Handbag With GPS

Get a load of this racket. A company called Marilyn Light Bag has developed a series of purses equipped with a GPS tracker in the event that it is lost or stolen. A device, the product page claims, can not be deactivated by a thief. The real kicker here is that the first two months of GPS monitoring are free, with a $15 charge for each month thereafter. So, essentially you are paying for your purse in perpetuity—all in the hopes that you might be able to recover the bag if it should ever vanish (but the contents may be another story). Prices start at $30. [Lightsbag via Shiny Shiny via Popgadget via Ubergizmo]

6:30 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Sean Fallon
1,463 views, 12 comments

Latest by BadBoyNDSU: I refuse to have to plug-in a bag. more »

google

Google Street View Becomes Google Bag View in Alaska

One of the occupational hazards of Google Street View is, I guess, having the camera obscured by something. It could be a pterodactyl, perhaps, flying low for a closer view, it could be a giant Monty Python-style animated brogue homing in on the car as if it were a roach ripe for the squishing. Or it could be a plastic bag. One minute it's dancing around, American Beauty-style, the next it's spread-eagled over the camera rather like an over-amorous spinster at a barn dance. This is what Minnie Street in Fairbanks, Alaska, looks like, according to Google Street View. [Google Maps via Google Sightseeing]

8:40 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By AddyDugdale
7,631 views, 25 comments

Latest by n/a: thats in several random places.. but believe me just the fact of having gg street view here in the banks was already a reason for celebration.. more »

gaming

Waterproof PSP Bath Bag Is Every 9-Year-Old's Wet Dream

As Adrian pointed out, if we had these PSP bath bags when we were nine, we'd be a whole lot cleaner and a whole lot wrinklier than we are now. It's a bag. It holds your PSP. It goes into baths. That's pretty much all you need to know. It's unclear to us why you couldn't just get a sandwich bag from Target that would do the same thing, but sandwich bags don't have that fancy pants cord at the top. Does the PSP camera work with Skype video? Because we have an idea... [Impress via PSP Fanboy via Kotaku]

5:40 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Jason Chen
2,567 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: I would just take the newly-waterproofed PSP to the pool, short circuit the battery, and throw the PSP in the water. (I would open the bag first, though. Maybe.) more »

laptops

The Original Messenger Bag Might Still Be the Best

While we are adorned with the latest and greatest in trendy, designer messenger bags, J.Crew has recreated and rereleased the original. Modeled after the U.S. Postal Service's standard bag from 1868 until the 1970s (before they ditched timeless style and durability for blue nylon), "the original" leather postal messenger features fine leather reminiscent of the favorite baseball glove we never had, along with a secure buckle strap to keep your valuables safe. At 15" wide, we think it will fit many 'a laptop. But for $795, a less-historical-more-practical inner lining would be nice. [jcrew via gizmodude]

8:58 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Mark Wilson
11,676 views, 80 comments

Latest by innowen: Forget J. Peterman. There's an online e-tailer called Renaissance Art that allows you to customize your own leather laptop case, for a fraction of the price (bags start at 55 USD for 14" and go up). Just go to their laptop more »

wtf

Hard Boiled Eggs in a Bag ... If You Dare

Don't have 12 minutes and/or the ability to boil water? Someone has gone and done the impossible work of hard-boiling eggs—and sticking them in a bag—for you. Sure, they cost 400% more than regular eggs, come in a recession dozen (9 or 10 to a bag), and were given a glowing review of tasting "stale, rubbery, and hard", but hey, it's a time-saver. [Apartment Therapy] More »

12:20 PM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Benny Goldman
10,157 views, 72 comments

Latest by n/a: Given that Paul Newman WAS Cool Hand Luke, I'm surprised he didn't put out this product, along with his salad dressings and spaghetti sauce. more »

concept

QuickShell Backpack Makes Your Extreme Adventures Extremely Efficient

If you enjoy rock climbing, snowboarding, or base jumping, you need a backpack that fits in with your hardcore lifestyle. Designer Teo Song Wei believes that his QuickShell backpack concept could be the answer. Instead of packing and repacking your gear, the QuickShell allows users to simply snap on the appropriate module.

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4:50 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,213 views, 13 comments

wi-fi

Wi-Fi Finding Laptop Bags Make Complete Sense

There are a lot of Wi-Fi finders out there, including a Wi-Fi finding shirt, but few are as practical as a finder embedded in a laptop bag. After all, not having to pull your laptop out of the bag to look for a signal is a great time saver when you are hopping around town looking for some freebie bandwidth.The "Wifinder" lineup of laptop bags from Soyntec offer four different styles to choose from, ranging from €43 (about $62) to €43 (about $101). [Product Page via le Journal du Geek via GeekAlerts]

9:10 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
1,836 views, 8 comments

Latest by darex: Ummm...does it tell you if said strong WiFi signal is secured or not? If not, what a big tease! THE-MASSES: if your phone is like mine, the WiFi sniffing ability on it is about 1/10th as good as the Eee's. Can more »

you have one huge sack

Black Hole Bag Provides What Lazy People Need: A Shortcut

Forget stuffing your junk under your bed or in closets, if you had a Black Hole Bag you could cram it all in one place. This rubbery concept is strong and flexible enough to fit a seemingly endless quantity of crap—growing to gargantuan proportions in the process. That is until the day you are finally killed while running away from it like Indiana Jones in Raiders. Nonetheless, this is definitely one simple design concept that I can see on store shelves. [Yanko Design]

7:20 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Sean Fallon
3,251 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: I loved this so much I put it on limitedfun.com. Can you guys recommend any thing I else I should showcase? more »

high impact

Impact Jackets (a.k.a. Wearable Airbags) Finally Make It to the US, and Are Immediately "Tested"

Impact Jackets, originally designed to save Japanese construction workers from long falls by inflating prior to impact, have finally made it to the United States. Only instead of construction workers, it's our motorcyclists that seem to be reaping the benefits. And it didn't take too long to see some results. More »

4:20 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By blongo3
23,236 views, 91 comments

design concept

Punch the !ighting Turns Frustration Into Illumination

Here's a design concept by Jin-Sook Kim lets you take out your frustrations while attempting to illuminate your environment. That's because this Punch the !ighting device makes you beat the shit out of it before it'll give up even the slightest bit of light. It must be a satisfying feeling, though, to see an actual positive result of violence, a rare occurrence. Take the jump for a close-up action shot. More »

5:40 PM on Mon Oct 8 2007
By Charlie White
4,060 views, 11 comments

robotic legs

MIT's Exoskeleton is not Just for Lazy Buggers

Although exoskeletons are nothing new &mdash remember the Bleex? &mdash the Biomechatronics Group from MIT's Media Lab has come up with a smaller, more discrete number. Although it can only carry 80 pounds (compared to the Bleex's upper limit of 220 pounds), associate professor Hugh Herr hopes that in the future, exoskeletons will be another way of getting around. "Our dream is that 20 years from now, people won't go to bike racks, they'll go to leg racks" he says. More »

11:52 AM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By AddyDugdale
4,318 views, 17 comments

Latest by KiKadet: I know I'm posting this almost two months late, but this is just for whoever is aimlessly wandering the internet in the wee hours, hoping to find entertainment. "On paper, the exoskeleton idea rocks. You put your feet in the boots, more »

safe books

Ballistic Bookbag, Bullet-Proof Back-Pack

These bullet-proof backpacks are claimed to offer as much protection from a shooting as police armor, but at one tenth of the weight. They're aimed at kids, to protect them from all the dangers that 21st-century schooling entails. One immediate problem I see is that it will only protect you if you're shot in the back, at just the right height. Check out a video after the jump. More »

3:00 AM on Wed Aug 15 2007
By msparkes
13,326 views, 24 comments

bags

Multi-Purpose Charger Bag Holds Only Chargers

This multi-purpose charger bag seems like a solution in search of a problem. Never in our experience have we had to carry around only chargers in a bag. In addition, we haven't had any trouble keeping chargers separate with just a little bit of cord wrapping beforehand, making the six separate compartments a little iffy as well. But if you're doing a bit of traveling and want to carry around a semi-fashionable charger bag, well, here ya go. Honestly, we recommend the Chargepod if you're going to charge six things at once. [BuiltNY via Shiny Shiny]

3:40 PM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By Jason Chen
1,535 views, 11 comments

Latest by JB007: Ummm, this originally came out as a bag to hold wine and other cool beverages...(It would keep them cold...) more »

design

Transforming Dos Caras Jacket Becomes Shoulder Bag

Transformers fever is all but dead now, but that doesn't mean that the ladies can't get in on the something-becoming-something-else action. The Dos Caras jacket functions fine as a jacket, but when removed, can twist and turn and reconvene into a shoulder bag. Definitely cool, but kind of unfortunate that you have to pick one or the other. What will you do if you're both cold and need to carry a bunch of things? [Alice Kaiserswerth via Designspotter via Treehugger]

4:30 PM on Tue Jul 24 2007
By Jason Chen
4,372 views, 12 comments

Latest by Lukewpnunn: Yawn - Mandarina Duck were the first to do this and they did it about 10 YEARS AGO... more »

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