Project Jacquard: Interactive Digital Textiles at Scale
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Project Jacquard claims interactive textiles that scale by inventing a solderable conductive yarn (copper core with braided metal sheath, produced in Japan) that weaves on standard jacquard looms, survives dyeing and finishing, and connects to electronics via 3D woven floating traces that are ribbonized, laser/heat stripped, hot‑bar bonded and silicone‑encapsulated. A single strand holds eight pounds (~3 km equivalent pull); a prototype runs over a week on battery; a robot test yields 95.12% after 12,000 swipes and a 12‑person study probes posture/placement; a public demo is a 7‑meter textile used by 6,000 people.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to Project Jacquard
- 3:44Yarn innovation for textiles
- 8:18Weaving interactive textiles
- 13:20Connectorizing textiles to electronics
- 16:36Testing durability and usability
- 18:03Applications and future vision
- 19:34Conclusion and call to action
- 20:00Q&A session
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