Material for use with a capacitive touch screen

An electrically-conductive modified material adapted for interacting with a touch screen device, the modified material comprising:

• a leather material, wherein the leather material is a colloid material comprising a plurality of fibers dispersed therewithin;
• an electrically conductive agent;
• and
• a binder material;
• wherein at least a portion of the leather material is impregnated with the electrically conductive agent and the binder to provide electrical conductivity in the modified material, wherein the modified material comprises at least about 30% electrically conductive agent;
• wherein the modified material has a volume resistivity of less than about 1.0×106 ohm-cm;
• wherein the modified material, when formed into an object for interacting with the touch screen device, has an effective capacitance of greater than 10.0 pico-Farads (pF);
• and
• wherein the electrical conductivity and the capacitance of the modified material make the modified material capable of capacitively coupling to the touch screen device.