Now Google wants you to control devices with your hoodie

Everything can be smarter, and fashion is no exception.

In the quest to make computers ever-more pervasive, and invisible, Google's AI research team has now unveiled a new way to weave technology directly into our garments. The so-called "e-textile" concept could let users control electronic devices through a flick or a twist of their hoodie strings.

The team's work focused on cords, specifically because strings are a popular fashion staple but also constitute an intuitive way to control consumer devices. The smart cord developed by the researchers can recognize six types of operation: twisting, flicking, sliding, pinching, grabbing and patting. There is a bonus: because users can perform some of these gestures, such as flicking, at different speeds and in different directions, there is actually an even greater variety of actions that the technology can respond to.

👉🏼 Enabling E-Textile Microinteractions: Gestures and Light through Helical Structures:
https://ai.googleblog.com/2020/05/enabling-e-textile-microinteractions.html

👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/now-google-wants-you-to-control-devices-with-your-hoodie/

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