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The need?What if your backpack became automatically safer just by putting it on?  What if whenever you were on the train, subway, walking down a crowded street, or waiting in line to buy a ticket, you knew for a fact that no one could access your backpack’s content’s easily? Just to make it even better, what if your backpack was designed to reflect raindrops in such a way that they can’t get inside the zipper area? Almost everyone has had that uncomfortable feeling where we wonder if our wallet, laptop, or other important items are exposed because we are walking or commuting with a normal backpack – which is easily accessed from the back. The problem is, you can’t see what’s going on behind you all the time. The unique solution?It might sound simple, but we think that’s exactly what makes it brilliant.  Why not put the zipper on the other side of the backpack (the side which will be against your back)? Sarah Giblin, is the founder of RiutBag.