https://www.google.com/atap/project-jacquard/
A Google project about using conductive yarn in standard industrial looms. Sounds really interesting, I don't know if this is state of the art or what, but bring on the reactive-video t-shirts, mu-mus and hoodies!
Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group is one of the most exciting divisions of any major technology company: It’s where Project Ara, Google's modular phone experiment, and Project Tango, Google's 3D-mapping tool, were born and are continuing to be incubated. Now, Google is shooting for the moon with another big idea—Project Jacquard.
Project Jacquard is an effort to invisibly incorporate computers into objects, materials, and clothing. Everyday items such as sweaters, jackets, and furniture will be turned into interactive surfaces that can be used as trackpads, buttons and more. The objects will receive information directly from the surface of the material used to build them, eliminating the need for bulky plastic or metal parts. The objects will then transmit information to a nearby smartphone or computer using low-powered Wi-Fi.
http://www.popsci.com/googles-levi%27s-computers-clothing-project-jacquard
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Sunday May 31 2015, @11:07PM
Bendy electronic [technologyreview.com] components [phys.org] and batteries [wired.com] already work.
But many more man-hours will be needed to create products that are useful and/or desirable. With this Levi's partnership or other tech-fashion [vogue.com] partnerships [luxottica.com], we're expected to believe that trendy luxury firms will fill in a creative gap and help to create a wearable item people actually want to wear (Apple skips this step because it is already a tech-fashion firm). We'll see if that proves to be true. What's going on with Apple Watch sales [google.com]?
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