Levi’s and Google have partnered together to create a denim jacket with technology woven into the fabric. Once paired to a smartphone via Bluetooth allows the wearer to control key functions with just a brush or tap of the cuff. A double tap with two fingers, for example, starts or stops music.

www.bbc.co.uk/technews (14th March 2017)

The £280 jacket uses high-tech conductive fabric to connect to a smartphone. Named Jacquard after the Frenchman who invented a type of loom, the yarn structures combine thin, metallic alloys with natural materials such as cotton and silk. These tiny wires mean that it can send and receive signals to devices. A tag – the size of a button – connects the conductive yarns in the jacket’s cuff to an electronic device.

It’s the first commercial product created by a small Google team called Advanced Technology & Projects (ATAPs).

www.dailymail.co.uk (13th March 2017)