Considering the various needs of our global super elite why has dresser technology not caught up to the wonders of the 21st century. Why don't we have dressers that make my boxers and socks toasty warm for when I wake up in the morning? My solution, a smart dresser assembly with simple plug and play technology that is designed to allow users make sure their clothes come out at exactly the temperature they need. Using a collection of sensors and heating elements each drawer could be programmed to optimally use available energy to heat underwear to the ideal temperature and minimize waste. By utilizing a microcontroller capable of integrating with the home wireless network and preferably connecting with a cellphone you could get a pretty nifty solution going. Networking with the user's cellphone over the wireless the system would be able to set the output temperature of the drawers to coincide with the user's morning wake up call. Connecting the dresser's micro-controller to your home wireless network would also allow you to access it remotely, meaning if you need toasty sweats to put on the moment you get back from your cross country ski trip, well gosh-darn-it you'll get toasty sweats to wear. One additional feature that I feel is still on the reasonable scale of things, integrating a small power strip and several USB ports for charging your various devices.
Now let's make this thing way more convoluted, let's add in LED lighting that goes on when you open a drawer. And what's this nonsense about only heating my clothes, what if I want to wake up to ice cold boxer briefs in the morning or for whatever reason I want to use my dresser as an emergency mini-fridge well why the hell not we're talking fantasy land technologies here.
Adding RFID and NFC sensors would allow users to add tags to their cloths that could ensure that your fabulous boxer shorts made of only the finest alpaca fur never exceeded whatever temperature they should be heated to.
I will say that my idea at the basic form isn't that unique, I did rather quickly find a blog entry suggesting this idea, although their approach is based on a timing mechanism as opposed to an adapting control system. One comment noted that you may not want to heat your entire underwear drawer, just the clothes you want to put on the next day. An approach based on this suggestion would be a smaller smart drawer system designed to conveniently fit underneath your bed, although at that point of needing to plan ahead you might as well just put your clothes in bed with you the night before, way less cool.
I will say that my idea at the basic form isn't that unique, I did rather quickly find a blog entry suggesting this idea, although their approach is based on a timing mechanism as opposed to an adapting control system. One comment noted that you may not want to heat your entire underwear drawer, just the clothes you want to put on the next day. An approach based on this suggestion would be a smaller smart drawer system designed to conveniently fit underneath your bed, although at that point of needing to plan ahead you might as well just put your clothes in bed with you the night before, way less cool.
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