Safety-minded solar-powered purses

Hikers and students can choose from a host of solar-powered backpacks. And now urban party girls, dashing home after running into the inevitable after-hours-party stalker, won't have to fear a dead cell phone or lost keys inside a dark purse when they get to the door. The inside lining of the Sun Trap handbag (left, via Gizmag) glows for 15 seconds with power from an external solar cell. It can also charge mobile phones and PDAs; too bad it looks too clunky for clubbers--unlike the shiny Power Purse clutch (right) showed off by Grist last month.

See Londoner and Brunel University student Rosanna Kilfedder's site for more on the Sun Trap and other designs. Iowa State doctoral engineering student Joe Hynek is responsible for the Power Purse prototype. Business Week has more on solar-charged satchels.

Comments

[Michelle]

Where can I purchase the Power Purse?

[green LA girl]

Hmmm -- Wonder when the little purses will actually be avaliable for purchase --