--- description: Get ready for smart clothing title: Google Wants to Put a Touch Sensor on Your Pants image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c70f42019fcd243/69884d5acd1bba354d6fb0bc/google-logo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Wants to Put a Touch Sensor on Your Pants by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2015 3:23 PM CUT  In this March 23, 2010 file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels. In this March 23, 2010 file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels.Virginia Mayo—AP by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2015 3:23 PM CUT Soon your clothes may be able to [communicate with your phone](http://gizmodo.com/project-jacquard-hands-on-googles-atap-is-putting-sens-1707561678 "undefined"). At its annual I/O developers conference, Google is demoing a new smart fabric that it calls Project Jacquard, made by its experimental Advanced Technologies and Projects group. The fabric is made using conductive thread and works similarly to a touchpad, using low-power Wi-Fi to interact with other devices. Jacquard can sense multiple finger presses and even varying amounts of pressure. In the demo, Google showed the fabric being used to change the brightness and color of smart light bulbs as well as to control a media player. The company said a primary initial use case for the technology would be to control a smartphone. So get ready to use your pants to fiddle with the smartphone that’s already sitting right in your pocket. \[[_Gizmodo_](http://gizmodo.com/project-jacquard-hands-on-googles-atap-is-putting-sens-1707561678 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3901477/google-touch-sensor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3901477/google-touch-sensor/"},"headline":"Google Wants to Put a Touch Sensor on Your Pants","datePublished":"2015-05-29T15:23:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:32.575Z","description":"Get ready for smart clothing","url":"https://time.com/3901477/google-touch-sensor/","keywords":["Tech","Innovation","Google","google i/o"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c70f42019fcd243/69884d5acd1bba354d6fb0bc/google-logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c70f42019fcd243/69884d5acd1bba354d6fb0bc/google-logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In this March 23, 2010 file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels.","caption":"In this March 23, 2010 file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels.","creditText":"Virginia Mayo—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3901477/google-touch-sensor/","name":"Google Wants to Put a Touch Sensor on Your Pants"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Drones from Amazon? 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