So as the sememster draws to an end, I look back on my radical idea: the Roomba-inspired iron. Being a lazy man at my core, I understand that this device may not apply for everyone but I still think it is an interesting concept.
By using sensors and a small but precise camera to detect where the shirt is, the self-ironing iron removes the hassle of having to slave over your clothes while trying to get everything prepared before work. Because before you know it, your toast is burning and your kids are late for the bus and who is going to take care of that wrinkled shirt before your big meeting, in oh, twenty minutes?
The concepts learned here in class have provided a little insight into what would go into developing a product like this from scratch. Using databases to store user information would be essential and could even be converted to cloud computing if our startup capital allowed for it. Knowing the different layers of processes for sending information helped me realize that this product would require a lot more training for me to be able to take user data and turn it into useful information.
Granted, I don't know how many people would actually want to buy this product, especially at a cost where we would make a profit. It would most likely have to be crowdsourced, via Kickstarter, or require a very generous friend or lottery winner to help get it off of the ground.
But the most important thing I almost forgot, and all throughout the semester, is that I never put a name on my beautiful device: The Laser Edge. Maybe carpenters will think it's something else and buy it; maybe kids want to impress their dads for Father's Day with something better than a Garfield tie; maybe housewives want another martini instead of doing the housework. The Laser Edge would help make the world look better and really, isn't that all that matters?
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