PIONIC: Pioneered Neoteric Bag

Abstract

For the past few years, a lot of people have experienced having stolen or forgotten belongings especially their bags. It’s much worse when the bag of the user even contains important documents or things with great value like jewellery. The aim of this study is to create a high-tech backpack that can protect and secure the important belongings of the user as well as locating the bag using GPRS technology. This bag was designed as a backpack for the convenience of the user. The Arduino Uno, together with the Fingerprint Sensor and Sim808 Shield, were installed in the bag as well as an additional layer for it to be slashed-proof. The sensors were calibrated and tested for 25 trials and the results were recorded to analyse its overall functionality. It was shown in the results that the Fingerprint Scanner, in terms of scanning the correct fingerprint of the user, has 100% functionality and the Sim808 Shield, in terms of locating the bag and sending the location of the bag to the user whenever someone tries to have an access on the bag, also has a 100% functionality. After conducting the tests in this anti-theft bag, it was therefore concluded that it could avoid the bag from being stolen or forgotten and would also locate the bag by the use of GPRS technology. This Anti-Theft Bag can be manufactured by companies who want to produce a bag that has a self-locating feature and exclusive access for the user.