Published 14:40 IST, May 20th 2020

Google's new I/O Braid headphone wire controls music with a touch

Google is currently experimenting on I/O braid that is going to be formulated as a headphone wire which can be controlled using touch. Read more.

Reported by: Yash Tripathi
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It was t long when Google partnered with Levi's to sell touch-sensitive Denim Jackets. Alphabet-owned company is w experimenting on an invative and considerably futuristic gget which is called "I/O Braid." This new gget will be me as a touch-sensitive hephone wire. 

What is Google's new I/O Braid that will be used to make touch-sensitive hephone wires?

I/O Braid will be me with touch-sensitive fibres which are popularly kwn as "Helical Sensing Matrix" Or HSM. This braid is created with a series of capacitive and conductive yarns which allows it to identify when it’s touched by someone’s hand with 360 degrees of visibility. se I/O braids also have Fibre optic strings to provide visual feedback.

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Google's I/O Braid is currently just an experimental research project which may become an important asset in lives of people using it. Google suggests that se braids are futuristic and can be used in making several consumer electronics such as hephones, hoodie, jacket and more touch-sensitive strings that connect to your phone and control your music. 

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I/O Braid uses an AI which helps it to distinguish between several s of touches such as taps, squeeze, roll and more. To find out different s of touch, Google collected data from volunteers by asking m to use smart braid. This helped model learn how humans may interact with it once it is out for public use. data recorded numerous different gestures, including a swipe, a pinch, squeezing, and twisting.

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According to Google, organisation's software can recognise various gestures with an accuracy of around 94 per cent. However, it is still considered to be inaccurate for consumer products. Alphabet-owned company also encountered an issue which is that I/O braid, when used as a hephone wire, may result in numerous opportunities for accidental commands. While collecting data comparing interface about gestures and touches useful for hephone controls, volunteers revealed that twisting an I/O braid to change volume was faster and easier than using regular buttons.

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14:39 IST, May 20th 2020