24-year-old Rosanna Kilfedder from St Andrews from Scotland, a design student from Brunel University, came up with an idea of a handbag. The idea was that you open up a handbag that has a light up interior power-driven by solar panels.
The stuffing’s of a woman’s handbag have long been a mystery – often yet to the owner also – but a novel design of handbag offers to shine a light on the predicament.
The handbag, dubbed A Personal Sun Trap uses a solar cell attached to the outside of the bag to trap energy from sunlight. The lining of the A Personal Sun Trap is made from an electroluminescent material similar to that put in mobile phones and is lit up by the bag’s zip which operates as a switch.
A Personal Sun Trap goes dark when the zip is closed or after 15 seconds if it is by mistake left open.
“I had the thought for Sun Trap handbag subsequent to seeing so many friends worriedly probing into their bags for house keys, typically on a dark doorstep,” said Ms Kilfidder.
Another use of the portable battery of A Personal Sun Trap is as an emergency charger for mobile phones and other wireless devices.
Ms Kilfidder’s bag design has by now won a competition in custody at Brunel University intended at finding a new group of entrepreneurs.
Brunel Enterprise Centre, an organization set up to facilitate students develops their thoughts commercially, is aiding her apply for a patent and ultimately get the bag on the High Street.