Gadgetory

what if a wearable didn't necessarily mean a SmartWatch or a fitness tracker what if it was something that was with you all the time like your clothes that's what Google has in plan for project jacquard this is fabric textile with conductive yarns weaved through it to make special panels that you can touch to control pretty much anything now this isn't a conceptual stage so far but google has teamed up with Levi's while there aren't any touch jeans on the horizon yet many different applications that Google have said this could be used in include things like couches pillows so you can basically control any device you have from the comfort of your couch or your bed now the other thing that google showed off with project Ricard is the ability to make a phone call just by swiping on your jacket the other thing that google showed off was project soli now this is a really small radar sensor about the size of a fingernail that can be embedded into wearables what it does is detects the motion of your hands and your fingers in real space and then converts that into justice that control your device one of the things that Google showed off using this project soli technology was using a small pinch gesture using your fingers to control the hour and minutes on a watch face now solely again like projects your card doesn't really have a centrally state but the technology will be made available to developers later on this year with an API and a full developers kit as well there's a quick look at the new project soli and project jacquard from the eight app team here at Google i/o I'm Lexus avedis for seen it check out the rest of our google i/o coverage at cnet com