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Touch

Lenovo L2461x Wide: 23.6-inch Multitouch Monitor

March 17, 2010

Lenovo’s L2461x Wide is a 23.6-inch capacitive multitouch LCD monitor. Specs include: 300 cd/m2 brightness, 120Hz MEMC (Motion Estimation Motion Compensation) technology, four USB ports, 2.0MP webcam, built-in speakers and a mic. Pricing is around US$550.
Windows 7. Multitouch. LCD monitor. I don’t think for one second that combining these three components will yield anything more [...]

Cool Leaf: Capacitive Mirror Keyboard

March 4, 2010

Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Diector at Minebea Co., has developed something that tickles my high-tech design bone: a capacitive mirror keyboard. Well, it can be anything really: calculators, remotes, etc. As you can see from the picture above (there are more at Minebea) the surface is waterproof. But look closer: I love that retro font.
Minebea [...]

Nexus One: Confused About Multitouch

March 3, 2010

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Android and Me has a video that shows the Nexus One’s multitouch getting utterly confused. Motorola’s Droid, on the other hand, has no problems at all.

Apple: Capacitive Multitouch Display Patent

February 17, 2010

On February 16, 2010, Apple has been granted US Patent #7,663,607 titled “Multipoint touchscreen”:
A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the [...]

Amazon Buys Touchco

February 3, 2010

Touchco brings interpolating force-sensitive resistance tech to Amazon. The startup’s touch technology can be made completely transparent, works with color LCDs, and can detect an unlimited number of simultaneous touch points.
Shift To LCD? Is Amazing making a shift from E Ink to color LCDs in the next version of the Kindle? Or will there be [...]

Samsung MU250: 23-inch All-In-One

January 14, 2010

23-inch, 1080p, Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 CPU, 3GB RAM, 500GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce G310 GPU with 512MB VRAM. The unique feature is the multitouch capability of the 23-inch LCD. Perfect: fingerprints all over that huge 23-inch display, the result of trying click on menus and icons meant for mouse pointers with your much-larger fingers. [...]

MOTO Touchscreen Stress Test

January 9, 2010

The conclusion:

iPhone: Precise lines indicate accurate representation of finger path. Noticeable loss of sensitivity at edges.
HTC Droid Eris: Fairly linear track, with some waviness.
Motorola Droid: Stair-stepping and waviness indicate inaccuracies in tracking travel of finger.
Google Nexus One: Fairly linear track, with some waviness.

My conclusion: Not one of the four smartphone’s capacitive touch sensing systems are [...]

Prototype: Compal Android Tablet

January 7, 2010

Compal demonstrated an Android-based tablet prototype during CES 2010. The Android tablet was being shown off by NVIDIA touting the next-generation Tegra chip coupled with a 7-inch resistive touch LCD. WiFi, SIM card slot, microSD slot and HDMI were included but GPS and Bluetooth were missing. Engadget took it for a quick spin and came [...]

Giantplus Technology: Capacitive Touch Panel Production Investment

December 31, 2009

Giantplus Technology, a small/medium LCD manufacturer based in Taiwan, announced that it will invest US$25M to establish a capacitive touch panel production line in Kunshan, China. Initial capacity is expected to be 1M units per month and increase to an eventual 2-3M. Sample production will commence in Q1′10 with volume production slated for Q2 or [...]

Apple: Keystroke Tactility Arrangement on a Smooth Touch Surface

December 24, 2009

Apple’s tablet could possibly integrate a dynamic surface making use of the technology described in its patent application “Keystroke Tactility Arrangement on a Smooth Touch Surface”. An “articulating frame” is used to create physical bumps on the surface of a display when in keyboard mode. When not in keyboard mode those bumps disappear. If this [...]


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