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The Internet of Things is not just about connected devices — it is about the information those devices collect and transmit. The fashion industry is highly driven by trends, and data is helpful in evaluating them. IoT automates the world around us by allowing systems to connect and interact with people and objects, and the fashion industry can connect with retail systems, customers, manufacturers and products. In clothing, the connection can be built in by stitching sensors onto or into fabric — possibly directly into the threads or yarns rather than into the completed fabric — and future methods may go further, with a drop of dye or textile printing ink containing the technology needed to connect clothing to the internet.
The Internet of Things isn't just about connected devices, it's about the information those devices collect & transmit.
The fashion industry is highly driven by trends. How are trends evaluated? Well, data is helpful.
IoT is a fabulous technology that automates the world around us by allowing our systems to connect & interact with people & objects. The fashion industry can connect with retail systems, customers, manufacturers, products. The internet provides tremendous opportunities for the garment & textile industry.
In addition to the many advantages created by devices incorporated into wearable technology image a world with no longer worrying about lost clothing, shoes, or sunglasses. Can't our lost clothes let us know where they are located by using IoT technology?
How can it all happen?
Stitching of sensors onto or into fabric. Possibly directly into the threads or yarns rather into the completed fabric. The future methods have exciting possibilities. Maybe a drop of dye or textile printing ink can contain the technology needed to connect our clothing to the internet.
What can IoT do for consumers and the fashion industry? What are current or future possibilities?
Learn more about IoT clothing.
Wearable technology can be utilized to collect & transmit data. The fashion industry can work with companies such as Microsoft to figure out how to properly manage the data.
According to Microsoft Azure, "IoT enables your organization to analyze and act on data, allowing you to make smart decisions in real-time. With the timely and relevant insights about your business and customers that come with these new sources of data, there's great potential for industries of all kinds—including manufacturing, transportation, energy, agriculture, retail, and government—to operate more efficiently and provide new value to customers by implementing the right IoT solution". Learn more about Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/
What sort of information do you think clothing, shoes, eyewear, etc., should collect?
Would it be nice to have a "smart closet"? Can our closet manage our clothing & order new fashion when the time is right?
The world is ready for smart clothes, smart stores, smart mirrors, and so much more.
The future of the fashion industry and its use of the Internet of Things is very exciting. We all look forward to learning more about how IoT fashion evolves over the next years & decades.
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Summary of Fashion Industry Technology
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The questions this technology raises are practical ones: what information should clothing, shoes and eyewear collect? Would a smart closet be useful — a closet that manages a wardrobe and orders new fashion when the time is right? The direction of travel points toward smart clothes, smart stores and smart mirrors working together: garments that report their own wear and care history, stores whose inventory counts itself, and mirrors that advise on fit and styling from real data rather than guesswork.
Behind the consumer features sits an operations story. Connected products let manufacturers and retailers manage inventory accurately, learn how garments are actually used, and connect the wearer to services after the sale. Wearable technology is the collection mechanism; the industry’s work is in managing the data — the role platforms such as Microsoft Azure describe as analyzing and acting on data to make smart decisions in real time.
Current and future possibilities include measuring heart rate and vital functions, measuring sleep patterns, finding lost clothing, facilitating styling tips, warning a wearer that a garment is wrong for today’s weather, and managing inventory.
By building sensors into the garment: stitching sensors onto or into fabric, or potentially directly into the threads or yarns rather than the completed fabric. Experimental methods may even put the needed technology into a drop of dye or textile printing ink.
Because the value of IoT is the information the devices collect and transmit. Analyzed in real time, that data lets organizations make smart decisions — for fashion, understanding trends, customers, products and operations as they happen.