智能衣服 提醒處置閑衣物

We all have long-forgotten clothes gathering dust at the back of the wardrobe.

我們的衣柜里總有一堆被遺忘的舊衣服在積灰。

But new technology could see the end of that， with the garments themselves giving owners a gentle reminder of their existence.

但是新科技可以改變這種現象——衣服們會溫馨地提醒主人它們的存在。

“Smart clothes” could help us clear out our drawers by sending messages or tweeting us if they havent been worn in a while.

被長久擱置的“智能衣服”會給我們發短信

或推特信息，提醒我們去清理衣柜。

If these alerts are ignored， the garments will get in touch with a clothing charity and ask to be recycled， with an organization automatically sending out donation information. They could also be programmed to put themselves up for auction on eBay.

如果主人忽略了它們的信息，那衣服們將自行聯系衣物慈善機構，要求被回收，慈善機構會自動為衣服們發送捐贈信息。衣服們也可能按照預設程序，被送到億貝網上拍賣。

As a society， we own four times as many clothes as we did 20 years ago， but regularly only wear about 20 percent of them.

現代人的衣服數量是20年前的4倍，但是其中僅有20%的衣服是常穿的。

Academics at Birmingham City University are developing the “connected wardrobe” to encourage more ethical clothes consumption.

伯明翰城市大學的學者們正在研發“智能衣柜”以鼓勵更合理的時裝消費。

The concept sees garments tagged using washable contactless technology， known as radio-frequency identification.

“智能衣柜”中的衣物上會被貼上可清洗無接觸式標簽，此種技術也被稱為無線射頻識別技術。

Mark Brill， senior lecturer at Birmingham City，

said： “Think of the surprise when an owner

suddenly receives bids for items they didnt know

were in their wardrobe.”

伯明翰城市大學的高級講師馬克·布瑞爾表示：“當主人突然收到閑置衣服的拍賣通知時，想想看他們會有多驚訝吧。”

“The ‘connected wardrobe is a practical， engaging concept to encourage people to think about their clothing consumption. Ultimately， I hope it will encourage more ethical fashion consumption.”

“‘智能衣柜是一個很有吸引力的實用型產品，鼓勵人們合理的衣物消費。我希望它最終能引導人們建立正確的時尚消費觀。”