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The Unstealable Bag

This bag was created using a hacked toy. I took a ball that blinks in flashy colors when it is slammed, and noticed that the switch was a spring that makes contact to a metal surface to set the blinking lights off. I figured out that the lights will also go off if the spring is touching the metal plate and this contact breaks, so I inverted the switch mechanism so that it will blink when the spring is pulled. Because the blinking lights are red and blue (somewhat resembling a police car), I figured it would make for a good anti-theft device.

Here is how the bag works:

1. Pin flower to yourself (or to something you don't want to get stolen).

2. If someone tries to steal the bag away from you...

3. Alarm will blink!!

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