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- James Fox, jcfox@mit.edu
- Megan Roytman, meganr@mit.edu
- Chrisantha Perera, cperera@mit.edu
- TA: Juho Kim, juhokim@mit.edu
Problem Statement
Laundry is a stunningly boring chore. Psych! We love it.
In communal living spaces, facilities such as laundry machines are often used by multiple people. Often, the number of machines is limited, and there are not enough dryers or washers for all those who want to use the laundry at a particular time. <This provides a hard limit on laundry throughput, but often there are periods of laundry inactivity.> Users do not have a reliable way to check several aspects of the laundry facility without being present in the laundry room:
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- Who owns the laundry occupying a machine which has finished running
- What dryer settings should be used if wet laundry is to be moved to a dryer
- Who is the facility administrator (to be contacted if a machine is out of order)
We plan to create a website (with a mobile-accessible interface) that allows users to set up a laundry checking system. Ideally, such a system could provide much of the missing functionality that the perfect communal laundry facility would requireIt will provide automatic notifications to users when their laundry finishes, allow users to leaves notes with laundry care instructions, and give users a way to view the current status of all laundry machines remotely.