Autonomous Luggage
Dec. 30th, 2017 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutI have no idea how I missed this back when I was researching kooky luggage months ago, but there are now at least two bags out there that come with some kind of wrist band and they basically follow you around like a well trained puppy and / or the luggage in that SF series I used to read (Kris Longknife -- took me a while to come up with that). The two brands I have found so far are Travelmate (supposedly if you order now, you'll get it in 90 days) and Cowarobot.
I have some questions, the most significant of which is: batteries and regulation thereof. We spent the last year with a big debate and imminent but never materializing regulations on anything bigger than a cell phone (OK, the regs DID materialize for flights originating in some middle eastern airports and traveling to certain other destinations). This led to debate about whether it was a good idea to insist that people check things that had batteries in them (fire hazard in cargo, basically). And in turn, this exposed the open question of Just How Big a Battery Can You Bring On a Flight With You, which is important to me because I bought a slightly enormous one for my G-Ro but have chickened out from actually bringing it on a flight yet (planning on bringing it with me in 2018, because otherwise, why did I even buy it).
Anyway. I'm not skeptical that the luggage works, and I think it is really cool that people doing this because OMG my wrists and arms have taken some damage in airports over the years and old age is not looking happy for me, and maybe this would help some. But I do sort of wonder about the batteries.
ETA: Batteries must be removable.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/05/technology/smart-bag-limits/index.html
I have some questions, the most significant of which is: batteries and regulation thereof. We spent the last year with a big debate and imminent but never materializing regulations on anything bigger than a cell phone (OK, the regs DID materialize for flights originating in some middle eastern airports and traveling to certain other destinations). This led to debate about whether it was a good idea to insist that people check things that had batteries in them (fire hazard in cargo, basically). And in turn, this exposed the open question of Just How Big a Battery Can You Bring On a Flight With You, which is important to me because I bought a slightly enormous one for my G-Ro but have chickened out from actually bringing it on a flight yet (planning on bringing it with me in 2018, because otherwise, why did I even buy it).
Anyway. I'm not skeptical that the luggage works, and I think it is really cool that people doing this because OMG my wrists and arms have taken some damage in airports over the years and old age is not looking happy for me, and maybe this would help some. But I do sort of wonder about the batteries.
ETA: Batteries must be removable.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/05/technology/smart-bag-limits/index.html