The OPO And Cloud Computing

The OPO is the Outfit-Picker-Outer machine that is going to change everybody's morning routine for the better! Based on where you are going and your fashion choice, the OPO will put together an outfit from your wardrobe. It will also provide multiple options of different color schemes and styles so that you never have to stress over picking an outfit again!

Cloud computing is storing, processing, or managing data on a server located on the internet instead of a local server. Once information is stored in "the cloud" it can be easily accessed from many different locations. Cloud computing will definitely play a large role in the OPO.

In order for the OPO to work, the user must register the clothes in their wardrobe into the machines memory. It also offers the user the option to take surveys or answer questions to help it choose outfits that will more accurately fit their taste. While all of this information can be stored on a hard drive in the machine, it can also be backed up in the cloud to ensure that the information will not be lost in case something were to happen.

Another aspect of the OPO is that you will be able to share your favorite outfits and see other peoples outfits online. All of this information will be stored in the cloud so that anybody who is anywhere can access the website and the information on it. This will allow other OPO users to interact and exchange ideas.

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Competitors of the OPO

The Outfit Picker Outer (OPO) is an electronic machine used to make getting ready in the morning easier. With your wardrobe registered in its’ memory, the OPO will pick out an outfit for you based on where you need to go, whether it be a job interview or just to class. The OPO is the biggest up and coming technology advance in the fashion industry and will be popular with those who love fashion and looking good, along with those who are the opposite and don't want to put any effort into getting ready in the morning. While the OPO is a new and innovative idea, there are other companies out there with similar goals.

One company that is a popular outfit maker is the website Polyvore (http://www.polyvore.com/). Polyvore is a website bringing together the fashion community online and allowing them to share there new styles with each other. It allows you to clip or bookmark your favorite products from stores on the web, style these different products online to produce an outfit, and share your outfits and products with others on  the web through various social media websites. While Polyvore is similar to the OPO, the OPO allows to customer to save time by putting together the outfit for you, however, It still gives you the option to mix and match your clothes on your own to create your own masterpiece. 

Another company with a similar idea is the website My Virtual Model (http://www.mvm.com/index.html). While this website is similar to Polyvore, it is even more personal as it allows you to upload a picture of your face and mold your own body shape to physically try the outfits on in front of you on your computer screen. By creating a generic outfit on your model, the website then searches for an outfit online similar to the one you created and pulls together the various websites that you can purchase these products on. It also allows you to arrange items in a collage next to your model for a comparison to the outfit that your originally sought out to find. The comparison feature is a very smart idea and allows you to see what you like better in front of you without having to physically try each outfit on multiple times. With this in mind, I would add a feature to the OPO allowing you to compare outfits that the OPO picks out side-by-side to make choosing what to wear even easier for the customer. 

The System Unit of the OPO

The Outfit Picked Outer (OPO) is the newest technology perfect for people who love to look great and save time. The OPO's main functions include:

• Stores your entire wardrobe in its' memory
• Puts together an outfit based on your wardrobe and the specific occasion that you choose for the day
• Offers a variety of color options for every outfit that it creates
• Offers surveys and quizzes in order to get to know your style better and create outfits that you will better enjoy

While the OPO is called a robot, it will be put together similarly to a computer. It will include many of the same parts that make up the system unit in a regular PC. It will have the same amount of RAM that a PC would have, around 6-8 GB. The OPO not only stores the memory of your wardrobe but also connects you to the internet to share your outfits with other users and therefore will need more RAM than the most basic computer. It would need to have memory cache to speed up the processes of the OPO because it stores frequently used instructions and data. 

The OPO would have USB ports so that you could connect it to other devices to make sharing information among them easier. For example, it would be simple to connect your smart phone to the OPO to share an outfit on your Facebook or twitter page. The OPO would also obviously need to have a main processor with a control unit to direct and coordinate the operations on the OPO and an arithmetic logic unit to compute arithmetic comparison and algorithms. 

Social Media and the OPO

The Outfit-Picker-Outer (OPO) is an electronic robot designed to make getting ready in the morning easier than ever. With all of your clothes registered in the OPO's memory, all you have to do is tell the OPO where you will be going that day. Based on this information, the OPO will then pick out an outfit appropriate for whatever occasion in the specific styles that fit your taste. 

To help get the word out about the new OPO, we will have people "like" the Outfit-Picker-Outer on its' Facebook page. The page will allow people to share their personal experiences with their OPO and share the page on their status or on their friend's walls. The facebook page will have different apps available like a discussion forum, a survey to respond to, and photos and videos of the OPO's advertisements. 

We will also have an official OPO twitter account to help connect different OPO users. People who follow the OPO will be able use the twitter as an online customer service and tweet for answers to questions they have about the robot or to let the company know about their good or bad experiences immediately after use. Users will also be able to tweet their favorite outfits that the OPO picked out for them to share with other OPO users with the OPO hashtag #favOPOoutfit. This will help customers connect over their experience and use with their OPO and make suggestions to each other.