We all have long-forgotten clothes gathering dust at the back of the wardrobe.

我們的衣柜里總有一堆被遺忘的舊衣服在積灰。

But new technology could see the end of that， with the garments themselves giving owners a gentle reminder of their existence.

但是新科技可以改變這種現(xiàn)象——衣服們會(huì)溫馨地提醒主人它們的存在。

“Smart clothes” could help us clear out our drawers by sending messages or tweeting us if they havent been worn in a while.

被長(zhǎng)久擱置的“智能衣服”會(huì)給我們發(fā)短信

或推特信息，提醒我們?nèi)デ謇硪鹿瘛?/p>

If these alerts are ignored， the garments will get in touch with a clothing charity and ask to be recycled， with an organization automatically sending out donation information. They could also be programmed to put themselves up for auction on eBay.

如果主人忽略了它們的信息，那衣服們將自行聯(lián)系衣物慈善機(jī)構(gòu)，要求被回收，慈善機(jī)構(gòu)會(huì)自動(dòng)為衣服們發(fā)送捐贈(zèng)信息。衣服們也可能按照預(yù)設(shè)程序，被送到億貝網(wǎng)上拍賣。

As a society， we own four times as many clothes as we did 20 years ago， but regularly only wear about 20 percent of them.

現(xiàn)代人的衣服數(shù)量是20年前的4倍，但是其中僅有20%的衣服是常穿的。

Academics at Birmingham City University are developing the “connected wardrobe” to encourage more ethical clothes consumption.

伯明翰城市大學(xué)的學(xué)者們正在研發(fā)“智能衣柜”以鼓勵(lì)更合理的時(shí)裝消費(fèi)。

The concept sees garments tagged using washable contactless technology， known as radio-frequency identification.

“智能衣柜”中的衣物上會(huì)被貼上可清洗無(wú)接觸式標(biāo)簽，此種技術(shù)也被稱為無(wú)線射頻識(shí)別技術(shù)。

Mark Brill， senior lecturer at Birmingham City，

said： “Think of the surprise when an owner

suddenly receives bids for items they didnt know

were in their wardrobe.”

伯明翰城市大學(xué)的高級(jí)講師馬克·布瑞爾表示：“當(dāng)主人突然收到閑置衣服的拍賣通知時(shí)，想想看他們會(huì)有多驚訝吧?！?/p>

“The ‘connected wardrobe is a practical， engaging concept to encourage people to think about their clothing consumption. Ultimately， I hope it will encourage more ethical fashion consumption.”

“‘智能衣柜是一個(gè)很有吸引力的實(shí)用型產(chǎn)品，鼓勵(lì)人們合理的衣物消費(fèi)。我希望它最終能引導(dǎo)人們建立正確的時(shí)尚消費(fèi)觀?！?