Given the amount of movement, stress, and activity in the studio, it is easy for the tools that the students rely on to get lost in the shuffle. This leads to tension between students- resentment when needed items are no longer available and increased costs to the school for replacements. We propose a silent look-out that helps students keep track of common-use items.

An ambient tagging system using RFID technology will silently record the presence and movement of valuable tools like wire cutters and post its location in the cloud. So not only can the user find them, but others can see and return them too.