Google showed on Thursday, 28, in his lecture a new touch-sensitive fabric technology. Today, the Levi’s clothing brand was announced as a partner of the Project Jacquard.
The technology consists in the implantation of leads in tissue, allowing a pair of jeans, for example, becomes a platform sensitive to the touch. The idea can be applied to any type of tissue, regardless of color and size. In the case of Levi’s, this can work with jeans.
The fabric thus acts as a touchscreen or a touchpad. Not far from the truth the use of his pants as a sensitive surface.
Google demonstrated at the event a sensitive coat to the touch; the material was sensitive to pressure and could even detect gentle movements.
The user could take a phone call through a command in the tissue, for example. It would also be possible to tap the clothing to change the mobile music, or move a podcast. . This without taking the pocket phone, or a smart clock
The partnership between Google and Levi’s suggests that there may arise a new niche market:. The smart clothes and connected
Via Engadget.
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