Bags that charge your gadgets aren’t precisely a new concept, but that apparently hasn’t stopped Philips from trying to patent the view, as evidenced by its recently-revealed application for a so-called “Smart Handbag.” that bag is somewhat strange, however, in that it has separate compartments for your various gizmos, each of which contain their own electric conductive circuit that’s used to top off the devices as needed (the bag itself is apparently charged simply by plugging the strap into a potential outlet). As whether that wasn’t ample, the other end of the strap would apparently be outfitted with a USB connector, which’d let you plug the bag into your computer and instantly have access to all the devices restricted within it. Of course, that’s assuming computers still have USB ports whenever that thing actually makes it off the drawing board.

[Via Unwired View]