Google & Levi's Starts New Frontier in Wearable Tech - "Smart Jeans"
"t's called Project Jacquard, and yes, it's just as techy-top-secret as that title makes it sound.
Well, not totally secret. A few of the details of the wearable technology initiative were unveiled at Google's developers' conference this weekend — and though they're few and far between, we're already excited at the prospect of Levi Strauss & Co. and Google Inc. joining forces to create the first wearable tech that's also gesture-interactive.
By fall 2016, they're hoping to have clothes on the market that are able to display information from, interact with, transmit to, and relay data from nearby devices. For instance, the wearer of jeans woven with Jacquard thread would be able to control a nearby (or potentially not so nearby) iPhone with a simple tap on their lap..."
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