There's a hardware/robotics company making these (cheap) sophisticated devices available for pressure-sensing applications (like robot fingers) : http://www.tak

There's a hardware/robotics company making these (cheap) sophisticated devices available for pressure-sensing applications (like robot fingers) : http://www.takktile.com/tutorial:takkstrip http://www.takktile.com/tutorial:takkstrip . It's another example of mobile phone tech dribbling down to the 'amateur maker' (albeit at an elevated price-point compared to the per-chip cost).