News tagged with touchscreen
Skinput turns your arm into a touchscreen (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you find yourself getting annoyed at the tiny touchscreens on today's mobile devices, you might be interested in a "new" yet overlooked input surface: yourself. A new skin-based interface ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Microsoft puts finger on 1ms touchscreen (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Touchscreen features in smartphones and tablets are satisfying perks in going wireless and mouse-less in mobile computing, but now Microsoft wants to make people aware of how much more satisfying ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Microsoft’s 'Manual Deskterity' Enhances User Touchscreen Experience (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft's "Manual Deskterity" combines touch and pen for a more natural user experience working with Microsoft Surface (tabletop touchscreen) and newer versions of Windows 7 tablet.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Qualcomm's next e-book to use a mirasol display
(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm subsidiary Mirasol is developing a new e-book reader with a color display that uses ambient light. The reader will be capable of displaying video smoothly, but the new features will ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Fold-it computer action set for Canada conference (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- What nonsense, sitting in front of one, single display screen and struggling with a split-screen view of multiple-sites plus data entry or word processing. Is this the way it has to be for ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 04, 2012 |
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'Ubice': Nokia builds a touchscreen made of ice (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nokia researchers in Finland have created a massive touchscreen display from a wall made of blocks of ice, dubbed ubiquitous ice or "Ubice."
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Asus Reveals Their Dual Touchscreen Flipbook and Eee Keyboard At CeBit 2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- At CeBit 2009, Asus has revealed an array of Eee PC products, one being a touchscreen Flipbook PC. It can be used as a laptop, an e-book reader or a multimedia machine for watching movies, ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 05, 2009 |
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iPhone Software That Controls Robot Movements (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the graduate school of media design at Keio University in Tokyo, a project called "Walky" is under developed. Researchers have developed specifically designed software for the iPhone that ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Robot Navigates City by Asking for Directions
(PhysOrg.com) -- ACE the robot was sent on a mission by its German inventors: to find its way to the Marienplatz in the center of Munich, about 1.5 km away from its starting point at the Technical University ...
May 14, 2009 |
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HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?
Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Cell Phones Using Gesture Control (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The next generation of cell phone interfaces is currently under development at Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory at the University of Tokyo but instead of using a touchscreen the new interface is ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 29, 2010 |
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First Smartphone with 1GHZ Processor (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looks like the Apple iPhone 3G S may soon have some serious competition with the soon to be announced, Toshiba TG01 smartphone. The TG01 is expected to be officially announced at the Mobile ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Sony opens electronic bookstore to self-publishers
Sony opened its electronic bookstore to would-be authors Tuesday in a partnership with two self-publishing companies.
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Powerful mini-LEDs for thin touchscreens
Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed an infrared light-emitting diode (IRED) for use in very thin optical touchscreens. Called the SFH 4053, the small new lamps are housed in a frame surrounding a display. ...
Sep 16, 2011 |
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HTC accuses Apple of patent infringement
Taiwan's HTC Corp. accused Apple of patent infringement on Tuesday in the latest salvo in an ongoing legal battle between the smartphone giants.
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Touchscreen
A touchscreen is a display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touch or contact to the display of the device by a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus. However, if the object sensed is active, as with a light pen, the term touchscreen is generally not applicable. The ability to interact directly with a display typically indicates the presence of a touchscreen.
The touchscreen has two main attributes. First, it enables one to interact with what is displayed directly on the screen, where it is displayed, rather than indirectly with a mouse or touchpad. Secondly, it lets one do so without requiring any intermediate device, again, such as a stylus that needs to be held in the hand. Such displays can be attached to computers or, as terminals, to networks. They also play a prominent role in the design of digital appliances such as the personal digital assistant (PDA), satellite navigation devices, mobile phones, and video games.
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