A floor mat suitable for a vehicle is shown in FIG. 1 includes a circuit for operating remotely controllable devices both inside a vehicle or outside a vehicle. In another embodiment of the invention, a floor mat receives email from a wireless email device such as a BLACKBERRY, performs a text-to-voice...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8106796?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8106796 - Intelligent floor mat with email text to voice processing
