RFID Tags Help Dress You

For those who view shopping as a daunting task, picking out your clothes might just get a little easier, thanks to RFID Tags. Students at Carnegie Mellon University have invented the Smart.Mirror, a device designed to help give you fashion ideas or tips while in the dressing room.

The Smart.Mirror uses the RFID Tags already located in most clothing stores by scanning the tags as you enter the dressing room. Once the tags have been scanned, the Smart.Mirror knows what clothes you are wearing or trying on, and attempts to offer advice to the best of it’s ability on what other clothing might look well in addition, or what else is fashionable currently.

How does the Smart.Mirror work? Once all of the RFID tags in the clothes you brought have been scanned into the Smart.Mirror system, a touch screen display allows you to view your fashion options, which will be generated by a program.

With fashion constantly changing, the Smart.Mirror could be a great tool for sales in the future too, with the ability to suggest fashionable clothing items to customers. The Smart.Mirror has the ability to stay up to date and in tune with “what’s cool and what’s not” when it comes to fashion.

The Smart.Mirror will not replace in anyway the average store clerk. Instead, the Smart.Mirror will complement the clerk. Costing roughly $1,000 per year, the technology in the Smart.Mirror is affordable. This is in part due to the low cost and affordability of RFID tags and other RFID equipment.

Although currently there is only one prototype Smart.Mirror, already the results are positive and feedback has been positive and strong. If the pilot program continues with similar results, don’t be surprised if next time your in a dressing room, the room offers you ideas on what to wear.