I travel alot, and for those of you who travel often know that one of the most annoying things is not being able to find your luggage. WELL I have found a SOLUTIONS TO ALL OF YOUR LUGGAGE-FINDING PROBLEMS!!!!! actually, this is just an excuse to mod something so, this is my idea. when you get to the bagage claim, you see large amounts of bags being taken off the conveyor belt. Which one is yours? so, you pull out a lttle remote control and press a button. immediatly, your luggage lights up with a yellow halo of bright light!!! you are SAVED!!!! how this works- get an wireless dorbell (for the remote switch function) get some EL tape, and attach it to your luggae using clear packaging tape. Run the el tape off of batteries and press the remote when you want it to light up. Instead of a dorbell ringing, it will light the tape. pretty cool, imo. here are some pics to illustrate it. (sorry about the big blank spaces between them)
sounds good but watch out security might think its that explosive cord ( cant remeber the acualt name and to lazy to look it up) or when its getting thrown around for loading and unloading it might jostle and break the connection
All I can say is that this thing could cause you some serious trouble at the airport. I mean a wireless remote and electronics in a suit case now a days is a big no no. Anyhow good idea, but I would be afraid to take that to the airport without expecting the FBI to show up and question you for a week.
hmm.... as for security, i think they see alot of strange packages go by... you could even put a lable explaining what it it... lol, a "Try Me Now" button as for it getting thrown around, if you can transport a laptop in your suitcase, i think you can use el tape. besides, there are no moving parts. you'd just have to make sure the contacts were good.
dang people let airport loader near their laptop i never let anybody else touch mine and always bring it carry on but yeah if you make good enough connection that would be solved and for airport you would have to have the note on the outside and they still might search it
hmmm.... yeah i think that it might cause some delays... stupid security only catch people who are innocent and let the terrorists go by no problemo modders mean no harm!!!! oh i have an alternative. have a 200 decibel alarm instead of el tape. make everyone run away so you can easily find your luggage
plastic explosives mebbe, but ya thats what i was thinking and they wudnt like the batterys either so they test the thing out and of course theres a remote on it then they wonder if its a remote bomd, good concept but shud have been done b4 9/11
nope, the remote stays with you... the batteries you can hide in your clothes, the only visible part is the unlit EL tape
You'd have no trouble if you shaped it like a laptop. Then again, that may be hard. That, and the RF signal it's giving off [ or looking for due to the remote ] will be a huge no no. Though no shame in trying once or twice!
wrong. the worst thing that could happen is they think it's a bomb and they have to stop the plane on the runway, escort everyone out, and hold you in their custody until you explain what it is
Well, if they havent noticed the remote controll or the modded briefcase before the plane is on the runway, chances are they wont notice it at all .... anyway I dont know how the airport security works in USA, I guess it's really tight at the moment? In Norway, I think this mod would work just great.
haha, they try to make it good. it looks good, but i've gotten through the metal detector many a time with metal items. once i even got through with my digicam AND pda at the same time. lame
it can also be stolen. Some people might find it cool to see a suitcase lightup and it draw thier attention to it and for some people it might be tempting to take it to see why it flashes hehe
you must be joking! even if they tried it they cant trust it, because you could have another remote or make the remote send a different signal that triggers, well, a if you've ever opened a garage door opener, you know how easy it is to change signals
meh, as long as you're on the plane and you die, you don't have to worry about any consequences!!! oh well it might have worked.
the problem is not making it work, its making something that wont make him a suspected terrorist what about just putting highly reflective tape on instead of the EL wire so that when you look for your suitcase the multitude of lights in the room will make it reflect a lot?