Paris – A suitcase that can charge your cellphone as well as let the user know it has made it on to the flight with them could soon be on the market.
Delsey’s innovation, called Pluggage, was showcased at the CES Innovation awards this month in Las Vegas, US, and the company are asking the general public what key features they want to see included on the final design.
The French luggage company’s website has set up a section for people to vote on their favourite features, but not all are expected to be included on the end product.
Some of the more interesting features up for discussion are the auto-weight feature, on-board detection, and the instant battery reload. By syncing the case to the associated smartphone app, the user can be told the exact weight.
Nightmares of lost luggage will be extinguished as, by syncing with the app, a notification is sent that the case has made the flight.
The ability to charge your phone via the suitcase is sure to be popular with voters.
Other options are an inside lighting system that switches on when the suitcase is opened, flight info on the app that can show the latest news once you’ve entered your flight details, and fingerprint ID which acts as an extra layer of protection when launching the app or opening Pluggage.
A check lock facility can tell if the suitcase has been opened by someone else, an app weather forecast that can tell you the weather to expect at your destination, and an inside speaker that pulls out from the case to play your music are some of the other options being discussed.
Find out more at www.delsey.com
Daily Mail