Travel smarter and safer with Bluesmart suitcase

It’s never easy to be an air traveller. Every year, almost 25 million pieces of luggage are lost at the airport and travellers throw away tens of thousand tons of items because of the overweight luggage. Worrying about the potential lost or overweight of your luggage is certainly not a pleasant experience. Imagine if you have access to know its location whenever you want and have control over its closure wherever you are. With Bluesmart, it’s no longer a day dream anymore!

Innovation had been halted for a long time in the suitcase industry. Then we finally got the idea of smart suitcase. Bluesmart’s first version is a traceable carry-on suitcase connected with your smart phones. You can remotely lock or unlock your luggage, track its location via mobile devices. Hence, if you travel alone, you don’t need to bring your suitcase with you when you want to shop at duty free or go to the bathroom anymore. Moreover, you can also know its weight and use it as a charger of phones or tablets. The long waiting time at the airport seems less boring with Bluesmart.

Who can benefit from Bluesmart?

Bluesmart suitcase is designed to prevent potential theft and improve travel experience. It’s suitable for both business and leisure travellers. And it can also benefit airlines and airports.

First and foremost, it costs airlines fortunes every year to reimburse the damaged or lost luggage to travellers. Since Bluesmart reduces the chance of theft, the amount of reimbursement could decrease as well. Secondly, as it’s convenient to charge your mobile devices with Bluesmart, people will more likely to stay longer at the airport. The longer length of stay often suggests potential consumption of food & beverage and the willingness to pay for high speed wi-fi connection, thus, generates more revenue for the airport. Last but not the least, people will shop more at duty free store since they don’t necessarily bring luggage with them while shopping.

What’s next?

In the near future, Bluesmart is going to launch a larger version, which can be used as a check-in luggage. After all, check-in luggage is more concerned with the theft issue. More surprise, black will not be the only choice of colours. You can travel safer and fashionable. However, the price of a smart suitcase is relatively high as now it sales at $399. And we have to consider the potential risk if we lost our smart phones. There is still improvement to be done in the future.

Sources:

http://www.gadgette.com/2016/01/10/the-worlds-smartest-suitcase-is-about-to-get-bigger/

http://www.accorhotels-group.com/en/news/2016-travel-smart.html?id_xiti=1453363203-

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bluesmart-world-s-first-smart-connected-carry-on#/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfBV1JpilOw

Qingyi LI & Anastasiia MOSKALENKO