TECHNOLOGY FOR SMART CLOTHES
Levi's helped create this "smart jacket," with the name "Commuter," which can communicate with a mobile. "When someone calls you, your jacket vibrates, your lights go on and you know that someone is calling you." This is already possible thanks to a project called Jacquard by Google, which is a digital platform for smart clothes. The Jacquard Project partnered with Levi's to create the first "smart" jacket with washable technology, created by Google, woven into the fist. A touch on the hem can also provide navigation and play music when combined with a mobile phone, headphones and a small piece of removable hardware, called a quick tag, that attaches to the hem. The Levi's jacket is just one step towards smarter clothes. "The platform is designed so that this technology can be applied to any type of garment at this time is Levi's but in the not too distant future this technology may be in any other...
