Fabric keyboard material. Rollable./crushable/washable. In production. 
10 million key presses.

        http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1895215,00.asp

Extract:

Eleksen Introduces Electro Fabric
Wearable technology is not a new idea. eVest has been producing wired 
jackets for years, but we have yet to see technology integrated inside 
the fabric that makes up the jacket-until now.

Eleksen, a small UK-based firm is introducing electronic fabric, 
essentially carbon-embedded nylon sandwiched between layers of nylon 
mesh that, when a milliamps charge is passed through it, can recognize 
touch (and it's location), pressure and even the direction and path of 
a stroke. This thin, flexible, durable and washable fabric connects to 
a small 8-bit processor, which then can be connected to a standard 
electronic device like an iPod. The iPod, or whatever device you're 
using, delivers power to processor and fabric.

This is not just a technology demonstration; Eleksen has already 
integrated the electronic fabric with commercial products including 
ski-jackets from Spyder and Kenpo. The latter is available in CompUSA 
and Macy's for around $250. In the jackets, the fiber is embedded in 
the jacket arm and an electronic fabric tether runs up the sleeve into 
a breast pocket where the iPod is stored. The iPod is plugged into the 
microcontroller,




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Ref:    Matthew McMahon 

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