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Handbags: They come in a close second to shoes
By Wendy | June 16, 2008
It’s no secret that women love handbags. I gather that they don’t like them as much as they like shoes, but it’s a very close race. This is evident due to the amount of information you can get about handbags on the Internet alone. They have a number of (what would be to many absurd or needless) websites on everything about had bags. There is information such as, the handbag guide, handbags 101, things to know before you buy a handbag, designer handbag information sites, sites on how to take care of your Louie (meaning Louis Vuitton, yes I know they even create cute little nicknames for their handbags), there are even sites on how to spot a fake designer handbag. Basically everything you could ever want to know and don’t need to know is available on the subject of handbags.
There is even a site, get ready for this, about a solar powered handbag. Yes you read that right, no need to rub your eyes. Well it seems a student, Rosanna Kilfedder, from Brunel University designed the handbag in hopes of making it easier to find your keys, and any other item that may be hard to find while digging through the bottom of your handbag. The handbag was named Sun Trap and it uses a solar cell attached to the outside of the bag to trap energy from the sunlight. The energy is then stored in an internal battery, this then lights up the lining of the handbag. The lining itself is made from an electro luminescent type of material that is similar to that found in mobile phones, it is lit up by the handbag’s zipper, which acts as a switch. The handbag then becomes dark when the zipper is closed or after fifteen seconds just in case the handbag has been accidentally left open. Another way to use this solar handbag is by using the portable battery inside as an emergency charger for mobile phones as well as for other wireless devices. The handbag’s battery does not need conventional charging due to its design to be “solar charged†every time the bag is outside, but the handbag does have the ability to be charged the old fashioned conventional way as a back up. The handbag made by Kilfedder has already won a competition held at Brunel University that was intended to find a new generation of entrepreneurs. The Brunel Enterprise Center, which is an organization that was created to help students develop their ideas commercially, is helping her apply for a patent and eventually that will lead to the selling of the handbag in stores nationwide. (Editors note: I found dozens of sites mentioning the solar handbag but no site actually selling it.)
Ah the power of the handbag. Not just designed to hold the important things needed throughout the day, but now designed to store solar power giving us light in the most useful places. What will they think of next, and what does the future hold for all the handbags across the world? It seems the possibilities are endless. The many informative websites dedicated to handbags alone is evident enough that the power of the handbag is very real and comes only second to shoes as far as most women are concerned.
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