Television presenters, catwalk models and fashionistas are its most obvious users – but it would also be on the Christmas lists of entrepreneurs keen to dress for success.
Developed by researchers in Australia, a new “smart wardrobe” could save people from making the fashion faux pas of wearing the same outfit twice.
A preview of the technology, seen by America’s Abc news, reveals it could also act as a fashion butler by downloading from the Web fashionable colour combinations.
The scope of the system may even allow certain hangers to trigger this week’s latest dance tracks when they are removed from the rail, the researchers apparently said.
According to reports, the garments hung inside are embedded with a tiny electronic panel which passes data via a conductive rail to a computer in the base of the wardrobe.
A panel sewn into the collar of a shirt could store data such as the colour, fabric and cleaning instructions, along with when it was last worn.
Prof Bruce Thomas, of the Wearable Computer Laboratory at the University of South Australia, says the wardrobe could also tell you what you last wore to a certain venue.
He added: “The wardrobe could tell you that you have a meeting this morning with Joe Bloggs, that you have worn the same shirt the last three times you met him and that maybe you should wear something else or he will think you only have one shirt.”
Sep 25, 2007
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