Levi's who can manipulate smartphones with sleeves and Jackquard, a jointly developed smart jacket "Jacquard" are finally commercialized

"Project Ara"The project of Google's ATAP team known for the development of ambitious next-generation devices such as" Ara "is going to disappear without becoming productized, and Ara is a product which has been gone without being outdone without mercy It is one of. However, after more than two years since being announced for the first time in 2015, it is finally possible to operate smartphones by touching the ATAP development fabricJacquard"Smart jacket that adopted technology"Commuter Trucker Jacket with Jacquard by Google"Was released.

More than just a jacket: Levi's Commuter Trucker Jacket powered by Jacquard technology
https://www.blog.google/topics/atap/more-just-jacket-levis-commuter-trucker-jacket-powered-jacquard-technology/

Commuter x Google Jacquard | Smart Wear Clothing | Levi's®
http://www.levi.com/US/en_US/features/levi-commuter-xgoogle-jacquard/

You can check how to operate smartphone with "Commuter Trucker Jacket with Jacquard by Google" in the following movie.

Introducing Levi's® Commuter Trucker Jacket with Jacquard by Google - YouTube


A man who puts together his luggage for going out.


If you attach something like a button to the sleeve of the denim jacket ... ....


The LED lights up. This jacket fitted with a terminal called "snap tag" is a jacket "Commuter Trucker Jacket powered by Jacquard technology" (CTJJ) jointly developed by Google and Levis. CTJJ is a smart jacket that applied "Jacquard" developed by Google.


You can find out about the "Jacquard" developed by Google's ATAP team in two years as a new interface that can interact with smartphones by weaving the sensor in the fabric and hitting the sleeve and tracing it, the following article.

Movie to understand well about Google project "Project Jacquard" incorporating sensors in fabric - GIGAZINE


When I hit the sleeve lightly with a pom-pom, the music was played.


CTJJ can pair with a terminal such as a smartphone with Bluetooth. A jacket made of conductive special fiber can operate a smartphone with sleeves as an interface.


"Incoming calls are received from unknown people," the smartphone informed the earphone.


A woman holding down her sleeve. Denial of calls is completed just by stroking the sleeve.


Men who are cycling.


Tap the sleeve twice and then ......


Navi's voice saying "Please turn left at June 15th Avenue." If it is CTJJ, you can navigate without looking at the screen of the smartphone.


"Message from Emily"


A woman wears a sleeve upwards. "The scheduled time is about to be delayed, I will meet in the store later" was read aloud.


A bicycle man strokes his sleeve upwards ......


"I am at a distance of 5 minutes to my destination and my estimated arrival time is at 7:05."


The smart jacket 'Commuter Trucker Jacket powered by Jacquard technology' developed by Google's ATAP team in about two years has finally arrived in sale in October 2017. The price is $ 350 (about 39,000 yen) and it is on sale at levis.com.


Operation is done with a dedicated application.


Normal "Commuter Trucker Jacket'Itself is $ 148 (about 17,000 yen), so the price of Jacquard adoption will be about $ 200 (about 23,000 yen).

In the following notes, it is said that "Commuter Trucker Jacket powered by Jacquard technology" can withstand washing up to 10 times. Of course it is essential to wash with the snap tag removed.

Taking care of your Levi's Commuter Trucker Jacket with Jacquard by Google - Jacquard Help
https://support.google.com/jacquard/answer/7536711?hl=en&ref_topic=7515623