MIT as the new Central Saint Martins? Not quiet yet. But a new "smart" handbag from graduate student Gauri Nanda provides what most cutting-edge design doesn't: feedback if you're about to leave the house without your wallet, information on where you put your keys, even weather reports.
Named bYOB (build your own bag) Nanda's convertible creation is actually the perfect accessory: a bag one day, a scarf or a belt the next, all part of a "flexible, computationally-enhanced modular fabric-based system." Computer chips embedded in soft, fluffy lego-like fabric blocks snap together to form an object, thus becoming part of a sensor network. This communication network can then begin to communicate with people, other objects, and the environment.
Best of all, it doesn't take a programmer to install, just a little training, rather like a pet. Once the bag learns about your lifestyle, it can adapt by doing everything from displaying current stock prices to forecasting the weather, alerting you, for example, to take an umbrella to work.
Kate Spade, start brainstorming.
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