touchscreens

Microsoft’s Robotic Moving Touchscreen Touches Back

Microsoft Research has come up with a clever way to let users actually feel what they’re interacting with on a touchscreen. And it doesn’t involve complex finger contraptions, or bulky gloves. Instead, the researchers simply installed the display on a robotic mount that moves in response to where and what is being touched, simulating an interaction with what’s on-screen.


Sony’s New Cheap Laptops Are Actually Kind Of Beautiful

We’ve sort of gotten used to having to spend a disproportionate amount of money on nice-looking computers. Cheap laptops are not the same as premium laptops. We understand that. For once, though, inexpensive doesn’t mean “junky plastic mess”.


Arbitrary iPad Swipes And Taps Make Accidental Art

When you check your email, when you play Temple Run, when you’re selecting a song to listen to, you’re making art. You just don’t know it. In a series called “Invisible Hieroglyphics”, artist Andre Woolery highlights those hidden masterpieces you don’t even mean to make.


HP’s New Multitouch Graphing Calculator Has Smartphone Aspirations

These are exciting times for anyone who’s refused to replace their trusty standalone graphing calculator with a similarly capable smartphone or tablet app. Your stubbornness is finally paying off as HP is teasing what appears to be one of the most advanced colour touchscreen calculators the scientific world has ever seen. That, or a lame smartphone with a form factor dating back a few years.


Pinch To Zoom Is Literal On This Elastic Touchscreen Display

We spend a lot of our time running our greasy little fingers over all kinds of touchscreens, but they just sit there unmoving as untouchable blocks of colours dart around beneath the surface. The Obake display isn’t quite so lifeless, and it’s just begging to be poked and prodded.


Turn A Printed Page Into A Touchscreen With This Brilliant Concept

Realising that the oft-promised ‘paperless office’ may never actually come to fruition, researchers at Fujitsu are working on a backup plan that gives printed documents similar tablet-like touchscreen functionality. Using a tabletop projector, webcam and other sensors, the system can precisely detect finger movements and motion in 3D.


The Day I Forgot How To Use A Book

I was shocked at what I had just done, so I laughed out loud. I was there, in a house in the Swiss mountains, lying comfortably on a sofa. I was reading Canetti’s Crowds and Power, a solid 400-page book. And then, as my eyes were approaching the end of yet another page, I swiped upwards.


The Indestructible Touchscreen Kiosks That Will Take Over New York’s Subways

Over the last few weeks, you might have heard about the ultra-futuristic information kiosks recently developed for the New York City subway system. It’s sci-fi stuff, thoroughly modernising the arteries of an often creaky metropolis. We headed down to New York’s financial district to check out a working prototype for ourselves.


Battle The Cold And Smudges With A Screen-Cleaning Blanket

For most people, ‘whatever’s in reach’ usually ends up being the best way to clean their phone or tablet’s screen. But to avoid scratches, or just trading fingerprints for a layer of lint, you really should be reaching for a microfibre cloth. And that’s made extra easy if you’re keeping cosy under this throw.


Touchscreen-Friendly Fingernails Turn Every Digit Into A Stylus

If you’re a fan of long fingernails, you’ve probably already developed special techniques for using touchscreen devices. But Sri Vellanki, the creator of a fingertip stylus called Tech Tips, feels women shouldn’t be limited to what technology they can use because of their fashion choices. So she’s developed a touchscreen-friendly fingernail that works like a high-precision stylus.


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