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Pushing war and world hunger to the back of the line, the next important issue that technology is tackling is mismatched and missing socks. A company called Blacksocks has developed what it’s claiming are the world’s first smart socks that make them virtually impossible to mis-match, and incredibly easy to find in a basket overflowing with laundry.
Spending £116 on ten pairs of boring black socks might seem a little outrageous, but that price tag includes RFID buttons sewn onto each one, and a handheld wireless detector that can be used to find each sock’s proper mate—ensuring they all wear evenly over time. It can even be waved over a mountain of similar looking socks and will automatically beep when a given one’s match is nearby. It’s as much genius as it is ridiculously over-the-top.
Furthermore, an accompanying free iOS app lets you snap a photo of an ageing sock with your iPhone’s camera and take a “black reading” so you can know for sure when they’ve faded to the point where they’d be embarrassing to wear. Because that’s the part here you need to be embarrassed about. [Blacksocks]
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Crazy and brilliant. I’m thinking that you could use the RFID detector to locate your localised alternate parallel vortex that contains the rest of your mateless socks. The problem being that, in doing so, you’ll find it’s actually a nest of evil faerie-goblins who use your missing socks as sleeping bags for resting between shifts of tying your cables into knots and hiding your change down the back of the sofa.
Maybe some socks are best left unfound?
These could also be removed and attached to matching underwear sets too, I suppose.
I can never seem to find the matching knickers when I’m in a rush….
Who is this anal about their socks?
Come on people? Do you think socks will make it that easy to track them. The little bastards always have a cunning plan to make sure your drawer is full of odd ones……. they will laugh at your expensive puny RFID!
The threads from the button look like they would generate a lot of friction when rubbed vigorously against….. against my … feet…
I can’t see this working because everyone knows that 1 in 20 socks are water soluble.
and not a mention of sheldon cooper.. for shame D: