Swiss clothing company Blacksocks has created Smarter Socks, high-tech dress socks featuring heat-tolerant RFID tags that can help locate a sock’s mate with the help of an iPhone, an RFID reader and the Internet.
When the RFID tag at the top of the sock is scanned, the RFID reader communicates with an iPhone application over Bluetooth in order to transmit specific information about the sock, allowing the user to match a pair of socks and providing additional information about each individual sock. Using the iPhone camera, the Blacksocks application can also measure the black level of a specific sock to determine the appropriate time to order new socks and provide the original production date of each individual sock.
