Wait almost over for smart jacket from Google and Levi’s
The wait for Levi's smart jacket made in partnership with Google's Project Jacquard is almost over after a nearly two years wait.
Google's experiment to weave technology into clothing, the first garment to actually use the tech is ready to launch, reports Mashable.com.
Coined the Commuter Trucker jacket, comes in both men's and women's sizes and will go on sale this fall. It will cost about $350, Mashable.com quoted Google as announcing during SXSW 2017.
The jacket's left sleeve is a capacitive touchpad one can control by tapping or swiping across it. An accompanying smartphone app allows you to set "abilities" — so a double tap could start your music, for example, while a swipe up could tell you the time, Mashable.com writes.
The touchpad is powered by a small rechargeable "tag" that clips onto the inside of sleeve. The battery on the tag will last about two days, according to Ivan Poupyrev, project lead for Project Jacquard at Google, though he says he would like to eventually increase the battery life to several days.
Source: Mashable
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