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RParkerE
RParkerE over 9 years ago

My idea is to have a some sort of circular clothes line to hold outfits (sort of like what quite a few laundromats have). These clothes will be sorted by season/weather appropriate clothing, or have some sort of NFC tag stating what season and/or weather the outfit would b appropriate for. Some microprocessor or single board computer would read in data about the time of year and current weather from an API and select the best outfit to wear. You can custom make some sort of housing where only the selected outfit is presented to the user, maybe have the conveyer of clothes behind a false wall of a wardrobe and the selected outfit triggers the door to open and the outfit slides into position via a track on the top of the inside of the wardrobe. Some sort of HMI can tell the user the expected weather and have an LED light up when the selected outfit is ready and in position.

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  • makerkaren
    makerkaren over 9 years ago +2
    This reminds me of Cher's closet in Clueless, but she has a program with images of all her clothes and it would show what she looked like in the outfit before she selected it. Not THAT I'd get behind.
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to RParkerE +1
    And don't forget the shoe rack to go with it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQdcwpxD_uo
  • makerkaren
    makerkaren over 9 years ago

    This reminds me of Cher's closet in Clueless, but she has a program with images of all her clothes and it would show what she looked like in the outfit before she selected it. Not THAT I'd get behind.

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to makerkaren

    It's getting close to real world technology.

    MemoryMirror*—The First Body-Controlled Smart Mirror

    https://vimeo.com/116017611

     

    If you leverage a bit more IoT then you could never have to worry about turning up with the same outfit at a social event ever again, or be seen in an out-of-date fashion... image

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  • RParkerE
    RParkerE over 9 years ago in reply to makerkaren

    I like that idea too! Throw a "magic mirror" with a webcam to do something similar to the links Dave posted. Or simply on the HMI have the outfits simply appear, rather than being shown on you. But either way it would be great to actually be able to accept the outfit or have the closet search for a new one!

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  • RParkerE
    RParkerE over 9 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    You are right that IoT could add more functionality to this. Think about having a server that remembers what outfits you passed up or selected. You could even add a voting system to say how much you liked each outfit. Based on that information the closet would select  outfits similar to the ones you ranked highly, or email you clothing items from stores you like that fit the style you like. And if your styles change just adjust your ranking of outfits.

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to RParkerE

    Slightly more advanced but show it a photo and let it pick out the nearest match, or select a style and have it return the list of options or give it a theme if you are into fancy dress ( or cosplay image )

     

    IoT opportunities to interact with/develop on-line services. Future enhancements could be interaction with on-line shopping or garment manufacture. Ok I'll stop now shall I ? image 

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  • RParkerE
    RParkerE over 9 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Those are some great ideas. Categorize each clothing item before putting it into the closet. For example I put in a button up dress shirt, the info pertaining to it could be {ITEM: BUTTON UP SHIRT, STYLE: LONG SLEEVE, OCCASION: FORMAL/COLD/WORK, RATING: 10 (I seem to really like this shirt)}. You could keep going, or change the fields, there is just so much that can be done with it. I would love to see what Ben and the team could actually do with this. And the finished product would be AMAZING.

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    beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to RParkerE

    And don't forget the shoe rack to go with it image

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQdcwpxD_uo

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