Manufacturers of mobile devices want to differentiate themselves through advanced features that meet consumer demand for a natural user interface with the ease of pen and paper, combined with the ...

We use touch screens all the time these days, and though we all know they support multiple touch events it is easy for us to take them for granted and forget that they are a rather accomplished sensor ...

The smartphone is an integral part of our day-to-day lives, serving as much more than just as a phone. For many, it is also an essential scientific instrument, digital doctor, eBook reader, music ...

Capacitive touch screen technology underpins many modern interactive devices by utilising the inherent ability of certain materials to store and transfer electrical charges. The operation of these ...

At Nintendo's Switch press conference today, the company revealed that its upcoming gaming console will have -- wait for it -- a capacitive touch screen. This is a pretty big move for Nintendo, which ...

If you don't want to use your fingers with a capacitive touch-screen, there are now an increasing number of compatible styluses — devices that take advantage of the physics of capacitive screens to ...

Ocular Display Systems, based in Dallas, announced two advances in the past week. The first was its development of "projected capacitive" touchscreens for device sizes larger than the smartphone ...

There are two main types of touchscreens used on mobile devices today — capacitive and resistive. The resistive touchscreen allows for stylus input while the capacitive supports finger input and doesn ...

There’s no denying the impact that smartphones and tablets have had on modern vehicles. Look into just about any new car and you’ll find a touchscreen and maybe even a bank of capacitive touch buttons ...

According to several recent Embedded Market Surveys, 65 to 70 percent of the developers who responded said they use more than one microprocessor or microcontroller in a single design, but only 4 to 7 ...