Technology is an amazing thing, and it’s allowed us to do a lot with our lives that would have been unthinkable before. We live in an age where we can easily connect to someone on the other side of the world in a matter of seconds, see their face and hear their voice as clearly as if they were right in front of us. And some people seem to have a knack for using these tools to the fullest, utilizing various modern gadgets to simplify their lives. Jennifer Lopez is one of the most recent examples of that.
According to a recent revelation by her, she’s been dealing with a quite stereotypical issue as far as Hollywood celebrities go – her wardrobe is simply too big. She has so many clothes that she’s apparently been having trouble figuring out what to wear and avoiding putting on the same things twice, which is why she has decided to resort to modern technology and summon it to her assistance.
Lopez has arranged her entire wardrobe with an intricate barcode system, categorizing her clothes according to various parameters, such as their size, color and when the clothes were worn. The system is apparently sophisticated enough to automatically keep track of what outfits she was wearing on particular days and whether or not she made any public appearances that ended up in the media.
And it all ties down to using a barcode scanner when she’s about to wear something. After going through her catalogue, she figures out what she wants to wear, picks it out from the wardrobe, and runs it through the scanner to register it into the system. That way, her wardrobe “knows” what she wore on that day, and is able to alert her if she’s about to put on the same outfit two times in a short period.
This extends to her accessories and jewelry, according to the report, and the system even has a picture attached to every item included in its database. We can only imagine the size of her wardrobe that would warrant running a system like this, and we wouldn’t be surprised if other celebrities took inspiration from that and started implementing something similar into their own lives.
Actually, it would be a bit surprising if this wasn’t already happening – there are plenty of famous people out there who are known to be a bit more tech savvy, and it would be interesting to find out that they’ve been keeping track of their clothes in a similar way.
A peculiar detail about the system is that it also categorizes paparazzi pictures of her wearing different outfits, which serves as an additional reminder about what she should avoid wearing. After all, being caught out by the naughty cameras with the same outfit two times in a row would be quite embarrassing for someone like her, especially if those same paparazzi then spun the story in a nastier way like they often tend to do.
What else could the future hold for us in terms of integrating technology into our lives more tightly? We’re already seeing some very creative ideas from celebrities like Lopez who are clearly showing that there is more to the average computer than just sending e-mails and checking on Facebook, but it will probably take a little time for this sort of thing to become widespread and adopted among everyone. It would most certainly be interesting to see this go down though.