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.