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The Laundry Basket Input scanner is a must for the absent-minded.
The Scanner is a portable mains-powered unit that clips around the rim of a laundry basket. It comes in a variety of standard sizes and shapes to fit most standard laundry baskets, and is supplied with a lightweight tripod frame
which allows it to operate in a stand-alone mode if required.
On removing one's clothing, simply drop it through the top of the scanner. An array of non-contact sensors (capacitative, inductive and optical ) situated around the rim performs an analysis of the garment as it falls; the software is programmed to ignore all common fabrics and accessories (buttons and zips) but will activate an audible and visual signal if the system senses any of
- money (paper and coins)
- floppy disks
- used tissues
- post-it notes with vital phone numbers scribbled on them
- writing instruments
- confectionary
- mobile phone batteries
- cartridge fuses
- mechanical fixings
- tools
- credit or ID cards
The main object of the device is to alleviate the stress caused by hearing the persistant tick.....tick......tick from a washing machie which idicates to the user that an undesired object is at that very moment enjoying the benefit of a 65 degree wash with detergent.
Note: The magnetic field in the device is deliberately very weak, to mimimise the risk of accidentally degaussing magnetic media.
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It would be quite nice if it could recognise and sort different types of clothing, as well - seperate your whites and your darks for you.. |
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Ah, you want the DeLuxe model with the AutoSorter system - that's in development. |
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Some may wish an option for collar lipstick checking and foreign DNA hair analysis. |
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I think being able to tell what color it is is a lot more feasable. What kind of magic detectors find tissues or money? Or sense that you left a candy bar in your pocket. |
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Boned for magic, and [Marked-For-Deletion], for the same reason. |
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It seems somewhat doable. Tissues might be a stretch, but surely most of the other things are sense-able? I'd be hesitant on that mfd, SC. |
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what waugs said. Credit cards would be doable - you could even make it tell you which cards were in there, with a little training. Keys and coins are so simple it's not worth talking about, and the same methods cover batteries and fuses. As for the pens and post it notes - how about adding a trace element to the ink you use? Or (possibly) using one that's already there? Difficult to do, but not impossible.. |
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Tissue paper and confectionary I'll give you - but the first doesn't make much mess (I find it just clumps), and I can't believe that 8th ever leaves more than a chocolate bar wrapper.. ;op |
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Anything metallic is easy but the tissues are a pain. They're cellulose and very similar to the material the garment is made from. NMR could probably do it but the high magnetic fields would be instant death to any floppy disks; neutron absorbance spectroscopy is a possibility but needs a small nuclear reactor to produce the collimated neutron beam. XRF or XRD analysis is possible but less sensitive to the target materials. |
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PET could be used if the tissues were doped with a tracer, but the idea would be to scan for unmodified materials. I'd welcome further suggestions..... |
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I dispute the "magic" accusation. Eight of the twelve target categories I proposed can be detected by existing means. |
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