I just got one of the coolest gifts ever ...

It's a Voltaic messenger bag that runs your gear on a solar panel.  Your cell phone, your MP3 player - everything ... except your laptop.  Sigh. 

Still - that is cool.   (Thank you to the even cooler Ric and Liz Thomspon.)

I say "cool" because I love tech toys, and I love just about anything related to alternative energy.

But cool to everyone?  While I love my technogadgets I generally hide them at home - or inside something a little swankier, like my Salvatore Ferragamo messenger bag:

I love the idea of the solar bag.  Love it.  But I have to admit my urge to look cool in public will probably have me sporting my Ferragamo.  (With a spare long-life battery, I get 10+ hours on my still-relevant Sony Vaio VGN S260, even if I'm charging my combination PDA/camera/mp3/phone - all fitting nicely into the messenger bag.)

There's nothing wrong with wanting sexy and cool stuff.  But can't we marry up sexy and cool with freedom-enhancing future-tech?

I think there is a potentially huge market for gear that is sexy, but future-minded in a non-preachy way.

When are the Ferragamo bags with future technology coming out?

Anyone listening?