Backpacks
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The Smart-Pack is the latest travel backpack looking to stand out in a crowded field, and it's bringing specially designed compartments and openings, durable materials, anti-theft mechanisms and built-in wireless charging for your phone.
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In 2014, UK designer Sarah Giblin launched a new secure backpack on Kickstarter called the RiutBag, which deterred would-be thieves by placing all storage access points against the wearer's back. Now Riut is back with another secure backpack that can increase its available storage in seconds.
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Italian company Agazzi Designs has integrated some high-tech thinking into what it bills as the first urban backpack with an anti-theft fingerprint scanner, built to ensure only those with the correct prints gain access to its contents.
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Carrying capacity and a little organization are a couple of essentials for travelers, and luggage startup Halton has taken aim at both with its new Commuter backpack that an be unfurled into a multi-compartment flat organizer with a single unzipping.
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The folks over at Wandrd have launched a Kickstarter campaign for a travel bag that has an inflatable back panel for custom comfort and support, and can be had with inflatable protection for your camera.
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It has been years since Google’s influential Street View left the roads and began to map everything from shopping centers to hiking trails. The device that made this happen was called the Street View Trekker, and Google just revealed an updated model.
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If you're backcountry camping, it's pretty much a forgone conclusion that you'll be sleeping on either a thin foam pad or an inflatable mattress. The LayBakPak offers an alternative, however, as it's a backpack that partially converts into a cot or recliner.
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After a successful crowdfunding campaign, the iNrigo waterproof camera backpack is here - and when we say waterproof, we mean it. This pressure-equalized bad boy can be totally submerged with a ton of gear on board, and it's even got a Bluetooth humidity monitor to warn you if water's getting in.
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It seems like bouncy backpacks are on their way to becoming the next big thing - suspended packs are said to make big loads easier to carry. Hot on the heels of the HoverGlide, here's the Moonr, which lets the backpack "float" in four directions.
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Naina Parekh told us that lugging a heavy backpack around the halls at CES prompted her to follow through on an idea that had been running through her mind for months. That idea is the Eume backpack with built-in massager, designed to make your journey a little less of a strain.
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A new backpack with a built-in pixelated display is seeking funding on Kickstarter. Controlled from a smartphone, the Pix can display images and animations and also be used to play games.
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Remember when backpacks were just used for, you know … carrying your stuff around? Well, the Lumzag has quite a few extra features – it even has a rearview camera.
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