Google and the amazing touch-sensitive dreampants

jkottke:

Google just announced Project Jacquard, an effort to introduce interactivity into textiles. Swipe your sofa cushion to change the channel on your TV,¹ tap a special “knock” on your collar to unlock your front door, or control your party’s playlist with a few taps of your pants.

1. Perhaps this is what Steve Jobs meant when he said of the Apple TV, “I finally cracked it”?↩

from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/120285621512