Is it time to reconsider the keyboard pants?

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Kickstarter and Indiegogo have become the go-to destinations for quirky, weird, and sometimes plain daft gadget ideas, but we used to have those even before crowdfunding was a thing. One of my favourites has always been the concept of keyboard jeans, first presented by Dutch design student Eric De Nijs back in 2008. Eric’s idea was rather self-explanatory: integrate a full QWERTY keyboard into a set of hard-wearing jeans and include a nice big rear pocket to tote a mouse around as well.

In its day, the keyboard pants idea was entertaining, but mostly found itself the victim of jokes about its impracticality and self-evident social awkwardness. I don’t think any of that has changed today, but it’s fascinating to consider it in the…