project jacquard by google
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Presented by: Deepak SinghRoll Number: 1305410052
Project JacquardBy Google
CONTENT• Introduction• Background and related work• How it works• Jacquard yarn engineering• Project jacquard application• Advantages• Disadvantages• Future Scope
IntroductionProject Jacquard is a new Interfacing Technology that makes it possible to weave touch and gesture interactivity into any textile using standard, industrial looms.Everyday objects such as clothes and furniture can be transformed into interactive surfaces. These interactions can be reconfigured at any time.Developers will be able to connect existing apps and services to Jacquard-enabled clothes .
R&D by Google ATAP(Advanced Technology and Projects Group)
Project team lead by Ivan Poupyrev
In partnership with Levi Strauss & Co
Project Jacquard was announced at Google I/O 2015
BACKGROUND & RELATED WORK
An early exploration of interactivity to clothing using conductive yarns was Musical Jacket developed in 1998 by Margaret Orth at MIT Media Lab.
No significant breakthroughs at attempts to design interactive conductive yarns for weaving into textiles at industrial scale.
CHALLENGES Battery requirements are critical. Electronics must be flexible and able to survive washing, drying, ironing, and dry cleaning.
Combining Hard Electronics and Soft Textiles.
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.
What’s different in Project Jacquard…?
Conductive yarn can be woven into textiles using standard looms, inexpensively and at scale.
Woven textile structures withstand harsh and destructive processes of
manufacturing.
Jacquard textiles can withstand home washing, ironing and dry cleaning cycles.
Electronics & Textiles combined using simple soldering process.
Jacquard electronic system is simple, modular and efficient.
Project JACQUARD
JACQUARD YARNJacquard yarn specifications
Conventional look and feel Multiple colors, thicknesses, and materials Electrical conductivity Strength, temperature, chemical resistance Electronics interconnectivity Reliability & SafetyCost and manufacturing at scale
JACQUARD YARN ENGINEERING
Two structural elements – Silk & Conductive Metal Wires.
The core of the yarn – Several strands of highly conductive thin metal wires braided with 2 strands of silk.
This core structure is then over-braided for several reasons.
JACQUARD WEAVING & TEXTILES
Practically any texture, image, or visual pattern can be woven.
The textile can be rigid or stretchable, flat or woven with depth, bumpy, plush, or with ridges.
The interactivity reside in limited locations defined by the needs of the application.
JACQUARD ELECTRONICS The sensing module has a built-in gesture recognition capability self-capacitance principle
The processing module sends gesture or touch location to mobile phone uses Bluetooth 4.0 The power module sleep & wake-up modessmall,modular,efficient
Jacquard - Usability Evaluation
Possible locations of the woven interactive areas
Application
The textile can be woven into any size that you need it to be as well.
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.
Advantages Working together technology and fashion world Cuttable and washable like regular cloths Connecting without screen. Jacquard components are cost- efficient to produce
Conclusion Project Jacquard allows weaving interactive textiles at scale.
It’s a possibility that the current work will inspire research in new forms of materials and integration of computation into the everyday objects and environments.
Brings the vision of invisible seamless computing one step closer to the reality.