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# Bluetooth-Enabled Bags
Track Your Bags, Tablet Cases & Backpacks with the BitStuff Project

By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2014-09-02 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/track-your-bags
References: [eppela](http://www.eppela.com/) & [eppela](http://www.eppela.com/eng/projects/870/bitbag)

If you find that you're prone to losing your bags and other important personal belongings, the BitStuff project to help you [track your bags](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/airtag) is one that's definitely worth checking out. The project involves BitBags, which are essentially tablet cases, purses, backpacks and other portable storage devices that have been loaded with [Bluetooth technology for tracking](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tile-bluetooth).

The BitStuff project works with the aid of the free-to-download BIT.me app and it's powered by "Bithunters," who work together to find lost objects within the city. As the project is being developed, there are plans to implement a reward or loyalty system put in place for the people who help to locate lost objects. To build a server that's capable of all these amazing features, the project is now raising funds on [Eppela](http://www.eppela.com/eng/projects/870/bitbag), an Italian crowdfunding platform Italy.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 3.1/10
- Popularity: 15% | Activity: 71% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: Europe

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Bluetooth-enabled Bags:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Explore the potential for incorporating Bluetooth technology into various types of bags and portable storage devices to enable easy tracking and locating.
- **Bit.me App:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Develop an app that utilizes Bluetooth technology to track and locate lost objects, and implement a reward or loyalty system to incentivize users to help locate lost items.
- **Crowdfunding Platforms:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Further develop and support crowdfunding platforms like Eppela to facilitate the funding and realization of innovative projects like the BitStuff project.

### Where This Applies

- **Bag Industry:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Partner with technology companies to incorporate Bluetooth technology into bags, purses, backpacks, and other portable storage devices to offer customers innovative tracking solutions.
- **App Development Industry:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Leverage Bluetooth technology and develop apps like BIT.me to help users track and locate their lost objects, offering a convenient and efficient solution to a common problem.
- **Crowdfunding Industry:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Explore the potential for crowdfunding platforms to support and bring to life innovative projects that incorporate new technologies like the BitStuff project.

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