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Introduction

Bluesmart is the first connected high-end carry on luggage for the smartphone world. Blue smart provides

1. Remote locking and unlocking

2. Self weighing technology

3. Notifications

4. Location tracking

5. Travel habit tracking

6. Ability to charge your smartphones 6 times over

Bluesmart brings suitcases into the connected 21st century. It completely reimagines the suitcase to solve problems of modern jet setting travelers all over the globe.

Problem Definition

Modern travelers face a variety of challenges while traveling by air. Some of these issues are –

1. Losing luggage

a. Stolen

b. Misrouted

c. Lost

d. Misplaced and never found again

2. Running out of mobile device battery

3. Stolen items

4. Paying extra for over weight carry on

5. Security for unattended bags

6. Having easy access only for the TSA for opening the bag

Reference [A] From the above chart, a significant amount of bags are lost every year by major airlines. Millions of travelers fly in and out the US every year. Average duration per trip can go up to 13 hours for domestic flights in the US including lay over times.

Here are some shocking numbers regarding the number of thefts in US air travel.

1. 10 times out 3500 were stolen from TSA employees

2. 507 screeners were fired over stealing over TSA 15 years

3. In 2013, 56 screeners were fired for stealing

4. By August 2014, 22 screeners were fired for stealing too

5. About 5% of all bags gets opened by TSA

6. 22 Million bags are lost every year

Reference [B], [C]

A few headlines in the papers about stolen luggage:

Travelers often have to shell out extra cash to pay for over weight bags that need to be checked in. Average cost per extra weight bag is a $100.

Bags can easily get lost in in complicated screening processes. Handlers or other travelers can also steal items during this process....