Project Jacquard allows users to turn clothing into an interactive surface by weaving conductive yarns into fabrics. Google unveiled Project Jacquard at its annual I/O conference in 2015. Jacquard yarns can be woven on industrial looms and connect to electronics to enable touch and gesture control of mobile devices or online services without needing a screen. Levi Strauss & Co. is Google's first partner to release Jacquard-enabled clothing in 2016. The technology aims to combine fashion and technology by making fabrics that are cuttable, washable, and connect users seamlessly.

1. Next to the touchscreen
BY,
RASHMI FARTODE

2. What is this?
Using everyday objects such as clothes and
furniture can be transformed into interactive
surfaces.
Project jacquard make it possible to weave
touch and gesture interactivity into any
textile using standards ,industrial loom.

3. Introducing Project Jacquard
Google's Advanced Technology and Projects division
unveiled Project Jacquard at its annual IO developer's
conference.
Google i/o was held 28-29 may ,2015 in san Francisco.
Google I/O has found its first partner in San Francisco-
based company Levi Strauss & Co. Google itself is not
manufacturing garments, but they hope to have
something out through Levi in 2016.

4. How it work?
Project Jacquard makes use of
conductive yarn to create fabric panels,
which can be used to network with a
device.
Alternatively, sensor grids can be
woven throughout the textile, creating
large, interactive surfaces
These all yards connected to the
transistor.

5. Touchscreen and Jacquard panel

6. Spinning conductive yarns
Jacquard yarn structures combine thin, metallic
alloys with natural and synthetic yarns like
cotton, polyester, or silk, making the yarn strong
enough to be woven on any industrial loom.
Jacquard yarns are indistinguishable from the
traditional yarns that are used to produce fabrics
today.

7. Embedding electronics
The complementary components are engineered
to be as discreet as possible.
We developed innovative techniques to attach the
conductive yarns to connectors and tiny circuits, no
larger than the button on a jacket.
These miniaturized electronics capture touch
interactions, and various gestures can be inferred
using machine-learning algorithms.

8. Application
Captured touch and gesture data is wirelessly
transmitted to mobile phones or other devices
to control a wide range of functions,
connecting the user to online services, apps, or
phone features
Eg. – you can swipe away a phone call without
ever interrupting conversation on a dinner
date, or switch song tracks easily while walking
down the street.
 The textile can be woven into any size that
you need it to be as well.
Jacquard allows users to turn their clothing into an
interface for their mobile device.

9. Advantages
Working together technology and fashion world
Cuttable and washable like regular cloths
Connecting without screen.
Jacquard components are cost-efficient to produce

10. disadvantage
Isn’t too much cool technology that everyone can wear it.
Some may hack your jacquard textile

11. Future scope
May get more secure
Textile image may develop with jacquard
also developing custom connectors, electronic components,
communication protocols, and an ecosystem of simple
applications and cloud service.
Right now Project Jacquard is a blank canvas for designers and developers. While uses like
controlling your Hue lights may make for an immediate "a-ha!" moment, there's a world of
possibility that's only going to be limited by designers' and software developers' imaginations.

12. A video clip
In person showing demo is Ivan poupyrev, ATAP Technical Project Lead
In demo, the fabric responded to touch just like a smartphone or laptop trackpad would.
Nothing felt odd about the touch-sensitive portions, and live feedback on a monitor showed that
it was detecting a wide array of pressure levels (it felt much more sensitive than many laptop
touchpads we've used).

13. A video clip

14. Thank you

15. Any Queries