5 Reasons Why The Kindle's Touchscreen Is Worse Than Buttons
Gadgets The newest Kindle is great! But touchscreens on ebook readers have serious problems. Not everything has to be a touchscreen, okay? To get it out of the way: Kindle rules. But, Amazon's...
View ArticleHow It Works: A Touchscreen That Knows You
Technology Touchscreens treat all fleshy finger pads alike: Most detect a simple change in electrical current or in sound or light waves regardless of who is swiping. Researchers at…
View ArticleCrazy Software Turns Paper Into A Touchscreen
Technology Amazing! But why does this exist? With a webcam, a projector, and special software, researchers from Fujitsu Laboratories have made an awesome (and unexpected) mix of dead-tree and digital...
View ArticleFor Five Bucks, Every Screen In Your House Could Be A Touchscreen
Technology Tech hooks into your home's electric system to track touch from afar
View ArticleWhy Robots Are Better Than Humans At Testing Human User Experiences
Gadgets Device-testing robots type, draw and play games on the gadgets they’re testing. Who would you want to test your touchscreen device? Maybe an older adult, to ensure it’s intuitive even to...
View ArticleWhy Does A Drop Of Water Confuse My Touchscreen?
Technology Short answer: Water conducts electricity, just like your finger Modern touchscreens like the one on an iPhone work by measuring the change in charge and voltage across a grid of hair-thin...
View ArticleNASA Finally Has Touchscreen Simulators For Spacecraft
Space Reach out, touch space Touchscreens make it to NASA…
View ArticleThis Smartwatch Turns Your Skin Into A Touchscreen
Technology Touch yourself Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have used electrodes to turn your skin into a touchpad extension for wearables like smartwatches. The system uses two electrodes embedded…
View ArticleHow to make touchscreen-sensitive gloves
DIY Give them as a DIY gift Create a thoughtful homemade gift by making a pair of gloves touchscreen sensitive.
View ArticleMicrosoft is taking aim at digital artists with substantial Surface Pen updates
Gadgets A pro illustrator talks about what makes a stylus worth using. Microsoft's latest Pen stylus update makes it faster and more sensitive than many pro illustration tools.
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