This Smart, Self-Locking Purse Tries to Cure Shopaholics

For anybody alarmed at all the Australians running around screaming with purses clamped onto their fingers, don't worry – evil bag-mutants have not invaded Earth. Rather, it's the public debut of the iBag, a high-tech purse designed to shut and lock itself when its owner is in danger of overspending.

The unusual fashion prototype is rumored to utilize an armory of anti-shopaholic doodads: an LED that starts shining when you approach compulsive-shopping areas, a SIM card that texts your friends blabbing about how you're about to go on a buying spree. (Presumably they will then talk you off the ledge, and not ask you to pick them up shoes or jewelry, too.) There's even a mechanical pincer inside that closes during certain high-risk shopping times, preventing owners from grabbing their wallets – unless they're willing to destroy the bag with a crowbar or butcher knife, which I'm guessing many impulse shoppers are willing to do.