Microsoft chooses fabric keyboards

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Microsoft has chosen Eleksen to design and manufacture the peripherals for their new ultra-mobile PCs, code-named 'Origami'.

Microsoft has chosen

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manufacturer of ElekTex 'smart fabric' interfaces, to design and manufacture the peripherals for its new ultra-mobile PCs, code-named 'Origami'. The collaboration was announced at CeBIT.

The peripherals will include a Bluetooth fabric keyboard and a USB keyboard, a carrying case with an integrated keyboard and multimedia controls.

“We are pleased to be working alongside Microsoft to bring new portable interface designs to the market,” said Robin Shephard, CEO of Eleksen. “The focus of our business is to use ElekTex to revolutionise the way that consumers interact with their electronics devices. The opportunity to offer solutions for peripherals design and development for the new ultra-mobile PC is an unprecedented opportunity for us to participate in the birth of an entirely new breed of computing and entertainment devices.”

Eleksen says this represents the most important commercial milestone for the company since its inception in 1998, when two animatronics engineers from the BBC political satire ‘Spitting Image’ founded the company.

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