Google's Konnect-i smart backpack hands-on brings touch controls to a bag

We haven't seen much from Google's ATAP "Jacquard" program. The clothing and wearables focused project has made a pair of jackets, and one other backpack, but their back with this smart-backpack; a collaboration with Samsonite.

How much do you need a smart bad right now when there's not much traveling happening? Maybe not a ton, but the bag is cleverly designed, letting you map gestures on a strip of smart fabric to a range of controls for your phone.

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