Re: Use Case: Marking to Clothing

> On 21 Sep 2014, at 12:15 am, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 20 September 2014 16:00, Timothy Holborn <timothy.holborn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It's very close to contour based analysis of individuals... 
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>> Why clothing, not people?  
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> Marking of people is already implemented.  
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> I think clothing is something that is a little less 'geeky'
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>> Technically, what's the difference?
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>> Wouldn't targeting a wifi MAC address (or bluetooth unique device Id, not sure if it's a MAC address) be similar?
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>> Clothing would infer a person needs to take a particular position inorder for it to be readable.
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>> How does it support persona, over identity (meaning pseudo-anonmity)...?
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>> Wouldn't qrcodes on business cards be low-hanging fruit?
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> There are other use cases, but in this case a person would normally be the owner of the garment.
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Most industries, especially luxury good, have issues with counterfeiting.   Watches, sunglasses, Clothing, etc.

Having some sort of discoverable, unique uri on these things that certify the object is a desirable capability. (Ideally via a mobile phone - ie: nfc or 2d barcode, etc.)

Same goes for messages, digital media, people who claim to have specific IP, etc.

Mind, the latter might benefit from describing something using structured data, then bitmarking it.

Timh.

>> Timh
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>>> On 20 Sep 2014, at 11:24 pm, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi All
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>>> Im currently working with a project called bitmark [1].
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>>> The idea is that you can mark content on the web, on a phone, via email, geo located, on the internet of things, or in the real world (anything with an IRI, which to say, anything).  The concept of a mark is a show of approval, and the recipient can in turn, mark other users etc.  
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>>> This has a payment element and a reputational element.  The idea of marking is money+reputation.  
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>>> My use case is in regard to the marking of real world clothing.  To mark clothing a unique identifier is preferred.  It would be possible to mark to a QR code which contains enough entropy to store an identifier.  But relatively few people would want to wear clothing with a QR code on it.
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>>> The solution to this would be to design unique fashion items such as T-Shirts, trousers and other items of clothing such that the design could be translated, via an algorithm, to a machine readable identifier.  
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>>> Each item of clothing would be a unique fashion statement but also carry transferrable reputation of the wearer.  A web based ledger can be used to see how much that item has been marked, when the marking was carried out, and who it was by.  Either by a known individual, or anonymously.  
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>>> It would be possible to send transfers to the clothing items using the web payments specification and/or crypto currencies over the internet, using a internet connected device, such as a computer, mobile phone, tablet or web enabled eye wear.
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>>> The owner of the garment is able to look up online, the marking of values of that item.  Furthermore, an app on a mobile device would allow the wearer to receive updates in real time which would notify the user via sound or a vibration.  
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>>> In this way individuals area able to know when they are dressed well and when it is appreciated by others. It can be possible to quantitatively discover which designs suit the wearer most.  And it can perhaps also lead to interesting social situations or friendly rivalry.
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>>> As will most things in this group the concept is extensible to anything on the web, but this specific use case is related to clothing.
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>>> Would this be a use case that the payments group would be interested in?  I have started to work on an implementation and would be happy to share a demo if anyone would like to see more.
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>>> Thanks
>>> Melvin
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>>> [1] https://github.com/project-bitmark/marking/wiki
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