Why does my wireless keyboard continuously lose connection?

I got this iMac brand new this past spring, and the wireless keyboard constantly loses the connection to the computer.  I mean constantly.  In the time I have taken to actually get onto this discussion board, it has lost the connection no less than 10 times.  Anyone else having this problem or know how to fix it?

Since the 10.6.7 I get inaccurate information about battery levels. This widget seems to give more precise info for keyboard, trackpad and mouse: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/mightymonitor.html

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