If you use a bike to get to work, your ride may have just gotten much more user friendly and fashionable!

Google has teamed up with Levi's to create a smart jacket. What looks like an otherwise regular jean jacket, the trick is in the fabric. It's called the "Levi's Commuter Trucker Jacket." There is technology integrated into the fabric and is a product of Google’s "Project Jacquard."
Jacquard threads, which are woven into the jacket, are conductive and able to recognize simple touch gestures.





The jacket connects to the user's smartphone. With just a simple swipe or touch, the jacket can do things like adjust music volumes, get directions from Google Maps and even dismiss incoming phone calls. It can also be washed and worn like any other piece of clothing, you just have to remove the Bluetooth cuff before washing.

The Levi's jacket was a year-long effort and is expected to be made available for order in the spring of 2017.

Source: TheGadgetsFreak (TGF)