self sorting laundry chute

random thought... a laundry shoot would be great, sure. just open the door, toss in some clothes and they end up down in the laundry room. but wouldn't it be even better if they ended up in the laundry room sorted? at least by color, if not by fabric. yes, yes it would indeed be even better... now how...? an electronic device of some sort of course. one designed to detect color and whatever other element someone may want to sort by. if color only then i suppose it'd be a matter of light reflection detection... with perhaps a feature that can detect weight/material properties - denim, sweater, towel, etc. ahhh wouldn't that be lovely... maybe i should sell that to some electrical engineering seniors next year so they can use it for their senior design project... OR maybe to an Integrated Product Design master's student as a thesis idea... OR i should patent the concept now just to be on the safe side, then when someone else decides they want to do it, and find that there's a patent on it, I can make a fortune... OR i can go on that show Shark Tank and pitch it and get THEM to pay thru the nose for it... tho i suppose i'd have to do some research first to make sure i can convince them that it'd be worth it... hmmm... i should get on that... i could use a few extra bucks...