CINCINNATI — Cintas Corp. has entered a joint collaboration with Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects Group (ATAP) to explore advancing Project Jacquard into the enterprise space, the company reports.
Jacquard is a smart garment technology developed by Google’s ATAP team that enables conductive fibers to be woven into textiles, connecting interactive apparel wirelessly to devices, software platforms and cloud services, according to Cintas.
ATAP presented advancements in the technology at Google’s recent developers conference, Google I/O. Cintas says it and ATAP are collaborating to advance use cases in work environments, with the goal of developing Jacquard-enhanced uniforms.
“Cintas is excited to collaborate with Google ATAP. Together, we are developing use cases in the healthcare vertical in cooperation with a number of leading hospitals,” says Paul Jantsch, Cintas senior vice president of corporate strategy and development. “We see many applications for the technology to impact productivity, compliance, health and safety, not only in healthcare, but in virtually all industries.”
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