You've likely seen leather iPad cases before, but what about hi-tech animal hide accessories like this conductive ink keyboard? The team of designers, artists and hackers that came together to create this quality product were striving to develop a luxurious screen protector that would integrate a super-slim add-on device.
Alexandre Echasseriau's product includes a dimpled leather panel that can be folded out from its protective placement. Serving to prop the handheld device upright, the Inko provides the user with a full QWERTY keyboard with softly indented letters for tactility. In order to keep the electronic components as compact, lightweight and flexible as possible, a tattoo machine was used to print the circuitry for a conductive ink keyboard. This technology can certainly be implemented more creatively within these sorts of products.
Conductive Ink Keyboards
Inko iPad Case is a Smooth Leather Tablet Accessory with Drawn Circuitry
Trend Themes
1. Conductive Ink Keyboards - Using conductive ink to print circuitry on keyboards offers a sleek and flexible solution for integrating keyboards into protective cases.
2. Luxurious Screen Protectors - Developing high-quality, stylish screen protectors with additional features opens up opportunities for innovative and premium accessories for handheld devices.
3. Tactile QWERTY Keyboards - Designing keyboards with softly indented letters provides users with a tactile typing experience on their portable devices.
Industry Implications
1. Technology Accessories - The technology accessories industry can explore the integration of conductive ink keyboards as a premium offering for tablet cases and screen protectors.
2. Fashion-tech - The emerging fashion-tech sector can leverage conductive ink technology to create high-end leather accessories with integrated functionality for handheld devices.
3. Printed Electronics - The printed electronics industry can utilize conductive ink keyboard technology to advance the development of flexible, lightweight, and customizable electronic components for various applications.