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Google’s Jacquard is a wearable platform that integrates the digital world into everyday activities without interfering with the user’s lifestyle.
Problem-solving is important in Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group.
“Our group is actively seeking answers. “We’re continuously looking for and investigating new technologies, but application-driven innovation is the most essential thing,” says Bryan Allen, technical program manager, and ATAP Lab lead. Because the team specializes in 3D printing and advanced fabrication; they deal with a variety of additive manufacturing technologies, including Stratasys’ PolyJetTM technology.
Google’s Jacquard
The Jacquard project team inside Google ATAP, led by Ivan Poupyrev, is trying to develop creative products for a variety of uses, examining how technology may be more accessible, helpful, and ultimately human.
Google’s Jacquard is a wearable platform that integrates the digital world into everyday activities without interfering with the user’s lifestyle. The platform contains an app and a physical tag that we can embed in a variety of soft goods. Therefore, it allows users to engage with digital content without having to hold a device. The Jacquard Tag is unassuming at first glance, but that is on purpose.
“Our creations are supposed to vanish.” “They’re supposed to blend in with our aesthetic environment,” Allen explains.
Therefore, the physical Jacquard component is a small tag that fits practically any product, from a backpack to a shoe. These are items that we don’t usually connect with internet interactions.
The tag was woven into the sleeve of a denim garment in one Jacquard application. Swiping or tapping the sleeve lets the user do operations like as pausing music, snapping a photo, or answering a phone call using a set of movements.
Increasing product development flexibility
The team had a difficult challenge ahead of them: seamlessly combining the hard and soft goods product pipelines. This difficult project necessitated a wide range of traditional and additive manufacturing processes and technologies. The ATAP team required flexibility, and PolyJet technology supplied it.
PolyJet’s adaptability allows designers to enter the design process at any point and build the prototypes they need, from single-color concept models to practical multi-material prototypes. Parts printed with truly flexible materials add to the realism of the part.
PolyJet printers, such as the J8TM Series, combine high resolution with a diverse set of materials and workflow options. These printers are also PantoneTM Validated, which means they can produce thousands of distinct colors and replicate surface textures like wood grain and leather.
PolyJet printers, according to Allen, offer a strong blend of speed, material performance, and functional fidelity, the latter of which is a critical stage in the ATAP product development process. He continues, “We’re talking about things that didn’t exist before.”
The team must closely recreate the final product’s multi-material assembly, and complete this procedure quickly. Getting a multi-material prototype would normally take weeks, but with PolyJet, the ATAP team can print at the end of the day and have a high-fidelity model in the hands of engineers the next morning.
With the recent announcement of support for KeyShot 10 rendering software and the 3MF file format, Stratasys has made this procedure much easier. By saving drawings to 3MF, KeyShot creates files that are ready to print, with correct colors and displacement maps to replicate textures in three dimensions. A notable beta customer was the Google ATAP team.
Swiping or tapping the sleeve lets you do operations like pausing music, snapping a photo, or answering a phone call.
Furthermore, “Many designers use KeyShot. “The easier it is to move from the designer’s concept to the final print, and the closer the end part coming off the printer looks to the KeyShot representation, the better,” Allen adds.
As a result, designers can get more answers to their questions faster. In other words, you’re “de-risking” the process, according to Allen. “You’re buying design time to investigate and optimize your solutions while also completing important requirements so you can move on to the next stages.”
For organizations like ATAP, which focuses on developing truly innovative products that improve tech experiences, having that extra time is important. The team aims to create solutions that we can use in a variety of settings and situations, with the flexibility to assist consumers in a variety of situations. That is why Jacquard is so intriguing, according to Allen.
The ATAP team has already leveraged the Jacquard platform to launch a wearable gaming athletic shoe and a smart backpack.
Meanwhile, the crew continues to experiment with 3D printing. ATAP is even experimenting with Stratasys’ Digital AnatomyTM technology to increase the performance of functional materials. The Digital Anatomy 3D Printer, which uses PolyJet technology, replicates the appearance, texture, and shape of the human body.
It’s been adopted by the Google ATAP Lab team to improve surgical preparedness and training and test novel medical gadgets. After all, they’re creating technologies that must be comfortable to wear on the human body.
According to Allen, “closer simulation of human body materials offers up new lines of inquiry.”
Moreover, PolyJet is assisting in the realization of these unique experiences. According to Allen, as 3D printing advances, the final printed parts will align with the designer’s intent and real-world materials.
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