Interactive clothes based on Internet of Things using NFC and mobile application

Abstract

The invention of Internet has made the day-to-day life facile and with less complications. A new revolution of Internet is the Internet of Things where various devices and systems are connected to leverage data anywhere, anytime. IOT is expected to rapidly spread over the imminent years. A new dimension of services will be unleashed due to this confluence and motivation thereby improving the Quality of livelihood. Though IOT has paved its way through all other fields of application; textile industry has not much of association with the IOT. It is high time that IOT is taken to the textile industry. The proposed system is called the ‘Interactive clothes’ that makes use of NFC and IOT. A NFC tag is embedded within the clothes that consists of a unique identity. A mobile application is developed that when scans the NFC tag present in the cloth links to a database stored in cloud. It provides a digital environment for both manufacturers and end users. For manufacturers, the system has the potential to identify cheap replicas, keep track on the loyal customers, minimise wastage of resources used for price tags and to track the goods using the cloud database. As for end users, the benefits are immense. The mobile application provides an interactive interface where users can get advice on matching the interactive cloth with other outfits, dressing according to the season, facilitating dry cleaning process, deciding whether it suits our skin tone, also helps us keep track of the frequency of use.