Smart Backpack ABE

© 2018 IEEE.Nowadays, backpacks are a useful tool in a lot of areas, they can contain clothing, school supplies, electronic equipment, medicine or any personal stuff. One of the biggest problems is that they can be stolen easily, and sometimes the things inside could be very expensive and important to the user. This project aims to solve this problem in a technological way, to integrate some others smart features and to incorporate a way in which the owner can interact directly by using its smartphone. The prototype developed has a Bluetooth 5.0 and a GPS/GSM/UMTS module that allow the communication with the user and provide him the backpack's location, a locking system regulated by a RFID lector, an external and internal lightning system, a temperature and humidity sensor, laptop detection, and a wireless charging using the Qi standard. The prototype was developed and programmed using the Arduino Uno board and the apps used to test it were Bluefruit and iMessage. After all those tests, it was observed that all the systems had a good response and all the integrated features worked properly.

Smart Backpack ABE Academic Article in Scopus