Coperni’s new Air Swipe Bag may look like a Photoshop job, but it’s real and made from aerogel, the same material that NASA used on the space shuttle as well as the Mars rovers. Aerogel is currently the lightest known solid on Earth, which means the Air Swipe bag can be considered 99% pure nothing and 1% glass.
Don’t let its translucent look fool you, as the Air Swipe Bag can hold up to 4,000 times its weight and withstand temperatures up to 2,200° Fahrenheit. The bag itself weighs in at 33 grams and measures 27 x 16 x 6cm, which means it may not be able to hold much. One more caveat: there’s no word yet on if Coperni plans on making more than one of these bags, but if they do, just know that the material costs around $23,000 per pound.
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This Air Swipe bag is the biggest ever object made of this space technology nanomaterial,” said Coperni.
