Touchscreen merges the real and digital worlds

A new tabletop computer could allow designers to take advantage of touchscreens while continuing to use the paper and pens they are used to. Read more…

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‘Fat fingers’ can become dainty for touch screens

Touch-screen devices could be smaller if they could read how you use your fingers. Read more…

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Stretch and squeeze – a stress ball computer interface

Japanese researchers have produced an LCD-based touch device that responds when you pinch, pull or push objects made from transparent rubber. Read more…

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Smart ‘Lego’ blocks take touch screens into 3D

Touch screens can register intricate hand gestures but only work in two dimensions. A new set of building blocks takes them into the third. Read more…

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Fat fingers no problem with ‘see-through’ touchscreen

Tests of a device a few centimetres across show that it can be made usable by combining a screen on the front with a touch-sensitive pad on the back. Read more…

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